Blackberry Cake

Submitted by Ceezie

"This originally had 1 tsp of grd cloves and 1 tsp grd nutmeg but I don't care for either of those so I took them out. Recipe Source: Amerian Profile"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 236.59 ml vegetable shortening
• 3 eggs
• 473.18 ml sugar
• 236.59 ml blackberry, fresh
• 236.59 ml buttermilk
• 4.92 ml baking soda
• 709.77 ml all-purpose flour
• 4.92 ml salt
• 4.92 ml ground cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
2. Cream the shortening, eggs, and sugar with a mixer at medium speed. Add the blackberries.
3. Mix the buttermilk and baking soda in a small bowl. Combine the flour, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl; mix well.
4. Add the buttermilk mixture and the dry ingredients alternately to the creamed mixture; beat well. Pour into the prepared cake pans.
5. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out almost clean. Do not overbake. Cool on a wire rack.

Reviews

[sketchcils]

I thought this was a very good recipe. I was looking for some to make with my blackberries, other then cobblers, when I came upon this recipe.<br/><br/>Since I like clove and nutmeg I tried using what the author called the original recipe. If you decide to do this, at the most use 1/2 tsp of each or even just a 1/4 tsp of each. The flavor was just too strong otherwise. Even the overpowering clove and nutmeg taste of the cake I made it was still delicious and I will try it again.<br/><br/>Still contemplating on an icing for it though.