Betty, I don't have a recipe, but I can remember my Grandmother (Eva Sewel Cope, the step-daughter of Nathan Pelfrey) making, Jam cake. As a little boy I tended to be rambunctious. When some indescretion would take me a step across the line Mama Cope would never say anything about my behavior but she would insist on making a "Jam Cake". It was about as heavy a batter as one could imagine and after she had poured the fixins in a big bowl, the stirring was my part, I asked once if I could use a mixer, but she said it wouldn't work. It had to be hand stirred with a big spoon, "stir for 45 minutes", "no more, no less" she would say. I would start stirring and she would start talking about how good the cake was going to taste. A few minutes would pass and my arm would start to stiffen, "YUM-YUM" Mama would say, "I just love Jam Cake". A few minutes longer and my arm would start to ache, "MY-OH-MY, thats gonna be sooo! good", "but you seem to be slowing down, maybe you better stir a little faster", A little longer and it felt like my arm was going to fall off. And Grandma just kept up the constant chatter just as though I wasn't hurting at all. After I had stirred it she would bake and serve it that evening. It did taste good, but I would have rather had something else, a good switching maybe. Archie >Do you by chance have a recipe for a Christmas Jam cake? My Grandmother and my Mom used to make it..I cannot find the recipe any where..Thanks for your time..The peach cobbler is same one my gr grandmother from Breathitt used..It is sooo good..Thanks for reminding me.. > >Betty Pelfrey-Boyers > > > >==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > > >