Berry Vanilla Breakfast Cake

Submitted by Adria82

"My friend emailed this recipe to me as a quick, easy, no eggs/no milk dessert. It doesn't have to be for breakfast at all. The original recipe called for Cherry filling, but I prefer to use Blackberry filling. I changed the name to "Berry" because you could use any you wish. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup margarine, plus
• 1 teaspoon margarine, softened
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 2 teaspoons baking powder, mixed together
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (21 ounce) can blackberry pie filling (or any flavor)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9 X 13-inch pan baking dish/pan. Set aside.
2. In large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and 1/2 C margarine with an electric mixer. Set aside 1 cup of the mixture.
3. To the large bowl, add the 1 C of water and the water/oil/baking powder mixture and the vanilla extract. Beat well.
4. Pour mixture into the prepared pan.
5. Drop pie filling by spoonfuls over the top of the batter.
6. Cut 1 T margarine into the reserved cup of flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on top of pie filling.
7. Bake 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Reviews

[NorthwestGal]

This was a great snack cake, and so easy to prepare, too. I used blueberry pie filling, but any flavor of pie filling would work well here. I look forward to experimenting with other pie fillings. My photo isn't that great I know, but the crumb topping didn't crack until well after it had cooled. So it looked scrumptious for the longest time (and I assure you, it is scrumptious). Thanks for sharing your recipe Adria82. Made for the Spring 2014 Pick-A-Chef event.

 

[diner524]

Delicious breakfast treat!!! Would be wonderful to serve a group for brunch. I scaled the recipe to 1/2 of the amounts, as it was just the 3 of us. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. Made for Pick A Chef Event.

 

[jusbcuzz]

Yummy. Instead of using the canned pie filling, I used fresh or frozen berries and cooked them down adding a tiny bit of sugar. First time I made it three of us finished it off before we knew what was happening.

 

[SrtaMaestra]

Super breakfast or dessert cake! I halved the recipe to fit an 8 by 8 glass pan. I used homemade blueberry pie filling. I also used 1/2 whole wheat flour, and less sugar overall, some of which was splenda. I used butter instead of margarine. We served this with homemade whipped cream, and both of my daughters have requested that I make this for their upcoming turns to take a treat to school. Made for Fall 08 PAC. thanks for posting.