Cream butter, sugar and eggs until light. Sift flour, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Add soda to buttermilk. Add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to creamed mixture, mixing after each addition. Fold in preserves, pecans and vanilla. Bake in 2 greased and floured 9x5x3 inch loaf pans or 1 large tube pan at 325 degrees 1 1/2 hours. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing cakes. Possum Kingdom Lake Cookbook MC Formatted using MC Buster SNT on 4/9/98