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Ingredients

2 cups buttermilk 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 cups white sugar 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ cup butter 1 cup fresh blackberries 1 cup raisins

Nutrition Info

163.4 calories carbohydrate: 31.3 g cholesterol: 8.8 mg fat: 3.5 g fiber: 1 g protein: 2.5 g saturatedFat: 2.1 g servingSize: - sodium: 124 mg sugar: 17.3 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round cake layer pans.
Dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk.
Combine the sugar, 3 1/2 cups of the flour, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, ground cinnamon and the butter. Stir in the buttermilk mixture.
Toss the blackberries and raisins with the remaining 1/2 cup of flour to coat. Mix in the blackberries and the raisins into the batter and stir until evenly distributed. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cakes comes out clean.

3 -8 inch round cakes

This recipe came from my 90-year-old grandmother's handwritten recipe collection.