Cook the Book: Blackberry Upside-Down Cake

Name: Cook the Book: Blackberry Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 340 grams 1/2 cups blackberries; 118 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk; 1 large egg, left at room temperature for 30 minutes; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 4 Tbsps 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 servings Accompaniment: vanilla ice cream

Cook the Book: Blackberry Upside-Down Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 393 calories, 7g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have baking soda, flour, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Put a rack in the middle of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter cake pan and line bottom with two rounds of parchment paper, then butter the top piece of parchment. Dust the pan with flour knocking off excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Cake Form

Oven

Arrange blackberries in one layer in pan.

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Blackberries

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle with 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar and shake pan to help distribute sugar.

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Shake

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Beat together the butter and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer (fitted with the paddle attachment if using a stand mixer) at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

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Butter

Sugar

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Bowl

Add egg and vanilla and mix at low speed until just incorporated.

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Vanilla

Egg

Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in 3 batches, scraping down sides of the bowl between batches, until just incorporated.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Spoon the batter evenly over the berries, smoothing top.

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Berries

Bake until top is golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 5 minutes.

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Run a thin knife around sides of pan; invert a large plate over the pan, and, using pot holders to hold plate and pan tightly together, flip cake onto plate. Peel off parchment and serve cake with ice cream.

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Ice Cream