I am not a big fan of spice cakes, but they are my hubby's fav. I made this for his birthday today and it filled my whole house with its delicious scent while baking. We just both had a piece and it was very good! I used seeded jam because it is all I had. Also, I did not have real buttermilk, so I put a tbs of white vinegar in a cup of regular milk. I made sort of a butter cream - cream cheese frosting. I cut the recipe into 9 servings because I only had 6 eggs. It still made 3 nice round layers, but I had to cut the bake time down to about 22 minutes. Will definitely be making this again. :)

Very good, very simple, works well in cookie press. I think they could use a bit more sugar, but then again, shortbread isn't supposed to be very sweet.