Mamie's Blackberry Cake With Caramel Icing

Serves: 6

Jolie Turcotte

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

54

Sweetness

52

Sourness

37

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

White Sugar

2

Eggs

1 cup

Buttermilk

1 tbsp

Baking Soda

2 tbsps

Butter

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C)

2

Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish

3

Beat white sugar and shortening together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; add eggs and mix well

4

Mix cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla extract into creamed butter mixture

5

Whisk buttermilk and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until thoroughly mixed

6

Slowly stir flour into butter-buttermilk mixture until batter is smooth; fold in blackberries

7

Pour batter into the prepared baking dish

8

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes

9

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a serving plate

10

Combine brown sugar, evaporated milk, and butter in a saucepan; cook and stir mixture over medium heat until a small amount of brown sugar mixture dropped into cold water forms a soft ball

11

Remove saucepan from heat and stir in vanilla extract

12

Beat by hand until icing is thick

13

Spread icing quickly over top and sides of cake