Hello Cake Lovers– We have blackberry vines on the side of the house, out the kitchen door. But they are far from yielding any fruit this year. So when I saw boxes of blackberries on sale, piled high at the market, I had to bring some home, anticipating summer berries yet to come.
I love this old fashioned cake. Simple to slip into the oven and the juicy fruit and tender cake served up still warm are the best! There are crispy sugared edges and with a scoop of ice cream, you can pretend it’s summer outside. I hope you try it!
BLACKBERRY UP SIDE DOWN CAKE
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1/2 cup brown sugar
12 oz. blackberries (about 3 cups)
1 1/2 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup canola oil
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
Spray a 9″ or 10″ cake pan with cooking spray. Melt the butter in the microwave and pour evenly to cover the bottom of the cake pan. Sprinkle the brown sugar to cover the butter. And then place the blackberries evenly over the brown sugar. Set that all aside.
In a mixing bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Then mix in the milk, oil, egg and vanilla. Pour this in the baking dish to cover all the blackberries.
Pop the cake into a 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
While the cake it still hot from the oven, invert it on to a plate large enough to hold the cake. If some of the topping/berries stick in the baking dish, scrape them out onto the hot cake.
Here’s the cake hot from the oven, waiting to be flipped upside down onto a plate.
The Thankful Heart 
Yummy! 😋😋
oh thanks Bernadine!! Your biscotti recipe looks great! xo
Thank you!
I want some!
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I love it Rhonda, blackberries are my favorite berry and never thought of making an upside down cake using them. It looks incredible.
Hey Suzanne! thanks– your mac’n’cheese looks so creamy and rich! wow!
Beautiful! nice work (:
why thanks Nick– loved your chili dog post– your photos make them look so glamorous!
I love blackberries Rhonda. Your cake looks so delicious.😊
Me too, Brigid!!
Hey Debbie– how are you doing?? Going over to catch up on our blog… xox
Cool, thanks! ❤ Doing really well, Rhonda. Learning a lot. So glad to be here. Many blessings my friend xo Hope you are great
Hey Brigid! me too. hugs!
Oh this looks delicious, Rhonda! I love it! I got a sense of another brown sugar that could be good, like molasses crystals? Anyway neat, neat neat. Love, Debbie
We have blackberry vines, too. I’ll have to keep this delicious recipe in mind! 🙂
Hey Marcia– how are your vines doing? We’ve had a pretty small crop the last couple years, but hoping the rain helps the crop this year! hope all’s well with you…
Yum! I love blackberries.
me too Teagan– blackberry jam, blackberry cobbler, blackberry muffins– waiting for summer for a crop!! Fun to hear from you! thanks. xox
Growing up in Texas, I used to go blackberry picking in the summer and my mother would always make cobbler which I loved. Your cake sounds even better than a cobbler as upside-down cakes have always be a favorite of mine.
Hi Karen– that sounds like a perfect summer thing to do– fun to hear from you!! xo
I welcome the chance to pretend it’s summer again. Thank you for the ray of sunshine recipe!
What a sweet comment– thank you Jessie. Love your peanut butter recipes post!!
Yum, yum, yum! I love blackberries (though they’re so expensive here) and this sounds pretty easy to make. Thanks Rhonda 😊🍰
It is easy Miriam– and peaches, plums, apples, cranberries… all work just as well. What’s your favorite cake?? My daughter’s birthday is this week and it will pretty much have to be chocolate. hugs!
Can’t go wrong with chocolate. That’s probably my favorite but followed closely by banana and raspberry. Happy birthday to your daughter. 🎈🎈
thanks Miriam!! always fun to hear from you. xo
You too!
This looks lovely, Rhonda! This is perfect to make for the folks, who have sweet teeth, and like to always have something on hand. Another winner!! I might give it a try with a bag of mixed berries I have in the freezer, even though it looks so elegant with the blackberries.
Mollie– What a great idea– never thought of using frozen berries for an up side down cake– but they would cook up as well as fresh. And mixed berries sounds pretty. thanks for the tip! Are you watching the Super Bowl (I’m kind of watching– mostly reading my computer…) hugs!
We have fresh berries in the midwest this time of year, but they’re just not very good…and same here about the Super Bowl. We decided we were for the Falcons coz we have family that moved down to Georgia. Bad pick that one, lol!!
Yep, we weren’t rooting for either side, but it was an exciting game!! hugs!
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Hi Rhonda – oh man, that really is like a slice of summer. I think I need it right now. – Kat
Hey Kat– It was yummy– someone said they are going to try it with frozen mixed berries. I think that would be fun to try! How are you doing up north?? I’m visiting my daughter in Wisconsin next week and am gearing up for the cold!! take care…