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CTL-W-0703 · Work

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Jam cake is a spice-fragrant cake that 'has shown up across the South, most often in Kentucky and Tennessee, with blackberry or strawberry jam-filled layers draped with a caramel icing' (Anne Byrn, excerpted from 'Baking in the American South'). Stored key ingredients (jam, spices) and origin_note (Southern) established.

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Jam cake is a spice-fragrant cake that 'has shown up across the South, most often in Kentucky and Tennessee, with blackberry or strawberry jam-filled layers draped with a caramel icing' (Anne Byrn, excerpted from 'Baking in the American South'). Stored key ingredients (jam, spices) and origin_note (Southern) established.

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Jam cake is a spice-fragrant cake that 'has shown up across the South, most often in Kentucky and Tennessee, with blackberry or strawberry jam-filled layers draped with a caramel icing' (Anne Byrn, excerpted from 'Baking in the American South'). Stored key ingredients (jam, spices) and origin_note (Southern) established.

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