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Blackberry Upside Down Cake

Prep Time:

15 Minutes

Cook Time:

45 Minutes

Serves:

10

Level:

Beginner

Ingredients

Topping:

  • ¼ cup brown sugar

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • 2 cups fresh blackberries

  • ¾ cup white sugar


Cake:

  • 1 cup white sugar

  • ½ cup butter, softened

  • 2 large eggs

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • ¼ cup milk

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • ¼ cup brown sugar

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • 2 cups fresh blackberries

  • ¾ cup white sugar


Preparation

Step 1 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.


Step 2

Melt brown sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together in a saucepan over medium heat. Add blackberries to brown sugar mixture; cook and stir until mixture bubbles, 1 to 3 minutes. Stir 3/4 cup white sugar into berries, crush berries slightly with a fork, and continue cooking until berries are hot and slightly broken-down, about 5 minutes more; remove from heat and pour into a 9-inch cake pan.


Step 3

Beat 1 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs.


Step 4

Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Alternately stir flour and milk into butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix vanilla into batter.


Step 5

Pour batter over blackberry mixture in the 9-inch cake pan. Place cake on a prepared baking sheet in case of spillage as it bakes.


Step 6 

Bake cake in the preheated oven until cooked through, 35 to 40 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan until warm, but not completely cooled, about 30 minutes. Run a knife along the inside edge of the pan to separate the cake from the sides, place a cake plate over the top of the pan, and flip the pan. Lift the pan slowly to release the cake from the pan.

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