Blackberry Jam Cake

Name: Blackberry Jam Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, cake flour; 1/4 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 3 tablespoons, milk; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 5 , eggs, room temperature; 3/4 cup, granulated sugar; 1 jar, blackberry jam (8 ounces/227 grams); , confectioners' sugar for dusting

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 1998

This all-purpose recipe depends on a reliable combination of beaten yolks, whipped whites, and baking powder for lift.

SERVES 8

TIME 1½ hours

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