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Jam Cake

Jam cake on a plate with a jar of jam behind it.

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Jam cake is the love child of crumb cake and jam in this easy and delicious coffee cake recipe. It’s also a great way to use up leftover jam!

Ingredients

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For the cake!

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup of your favorite jam (or a mixture of different kinds!)

For the topping!

  • 1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons butter, chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 and line an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick foil.
  • Combine 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup of sugar, baking powder, and salt. Pour the flour into your food processor, add 1/3 cup of butter and process until it looks like fine crumbs.
  • Transfer the flour butter mixture to a mixing bowl, add the egg and milk and stir it up until everything is just combined.
  • Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Spoon the jam over the batter, then swirl through the batter with a knife.
  • Mix the all topping ingredients except for the walnuts until crumbly, stir in the walnuts and sprinkle evenly over batter.  (You can mix the brown sugar, flour and butter in the food processor and then stir in the nuts – that makes mixing this topping up super easy!)
  • Bake at 400° for 30 to 35 minutes, until done. Let it cool for about an hour, then cut into squares and serve.

Notes

Jam: You can make it with all one kind of jam or jelly, or you can mix and match! I’ve made it with strawberry, raspberry and apricot jam combos and they are all wonderful. One day I am going to make it with a mixture of strawberry jam and banana jam!

Milk: You can use either whole or low-fat milk, but not skim.