Skill Level: easy

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 60 minutes

Total Time: 80 minutes

Cake:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup New England cranberry apple jam
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange zest

Directions: 

Cake:

• Preheat oven to 350
• Sift flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves in a small bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream sugar and softened butter Add eggs and beat thoroughly.
• Beat in dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately.
• Gently stir in New England cranberry apple jam to create pockets of jam in the finished cake.
• Pour into 9 X 5 X 3 inch loaf pan and bake at 350 for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Glaze:

• Combine powdered sugar, orange juice and orange zest.
• Spoon over warm cake.