Recipe - Strawberry Jam Squares

3 Eggs
2 cup Sugar
1 cup Butter; melted
3 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Soda
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Strawberry preserves
1 cup Pecans; chopped
1 cup Dates; chopped
One half cup Butter; melted
2 cup Sugar
1 One half cup Whipping cream
Three fourths cup Pecans; chopped
1 cup Dates; chopped
One half cup Chopped candied cherries

Grease & flour pans. Beat eggs. Add sugar & mix well. Add butter & mix. Add
1 cup flour & spices. Alternate rest of flour with buttermilk, mixing after
each addition. Add preserves, pecans & dates. Bake at 325 in 3 greased &
floured layer pans about 30 minutes or until done. Cool before icing.
ICING: Mix One half cup melted butter, 2 cups sugar, whipping cream, pecans,
dates & candied cherries in heavy saucepan. Cook, being careful not to
scorch. Let cook until desired thickness to spread. After filling & cake
are cool, spread between layers (in which small holed have been punched
with a fork) & on top & sides of cake.

RADA JACKSON

MARVELL, AR

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
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