Mam's Black Cake

Ingridients

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

1/2 cup butter

1 cup fresh blackberries

1 cup raisins

Directions

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.