BLACKBERRY CAKE

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups frozen blackberries, thawed
or fresh berries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F.

1. Cream sugar and butter together.
Beat eggs and add to creamed mixture.

2. Combine flour, spices, baking powder and soda. Stir into creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Carefully fold in berries.

3. Bake in 3 greased and floured 8 inch layer pans for 30 minutes.

4. Cool on wire rack. Frost.

ICING:

1 cup butter, 1 box (1 lb.) confectioners' sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla 3 tbsp. cold coffee.
Mix all together.