1/2 cup buttermilk 1 cup butter 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 cup raisins 1 cup blackberry jam 1 cup nuts 1 cup stewed dried apple 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon lemon flavoring

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Add flour, alternating with buttermilk, mixed with soda; add flavorings and spices. Then add fruit, jam, nuts and raisins. Bake in 3 layers for 30 minutes or until done. Filling: 3 cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk 1/4 lb. butter 1 coconut 1 whole orange 1 cup raisins 1 can pineapple Boil sugar and milk to a caramel and add butter. Grind together coconut, orange, raisins and pineapple. Mix together and spread between layers. (This was my mother's cake and it is out of this world good!!!) Courtesy of Cecelia Mewborn