Ms. Van’s Blackberry Skillet Cake

Ms. Van’s Blackberry Skillet Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 sticks butter, separated
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 12 oz. fresh blackberries, washed and drained
• 1 1/2 cups + 1 tbsp. granulated white sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground clove
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk

Ingredients for Nutmeg Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
• 6 tsp. warm water

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Toss blackberries with 1 Tbsp. granulated white sugar.
3. Put 1/2 stick butter in a 10″ cast iron skillet and place in the oven until melted. Remove from the oven, add 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup walnuts, stir and then add and arrange blackberries in a cast iron skillet.
4. In a medium bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. ground clove, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg and 1 tsp. cinnamon, then set aside.In a separate bowl, mix 1 stick butter with 1½ cups sugar, then whisk 2 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla and 1 cup buttermilk together. Add this to butter and sugar and mix until combined.
5. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix until smooth for about 2 minutes.
6. Pour into a cast iron skillet on top of the berry mixture.
7. Bake approx. 40 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8. Cool in a cast iron skillet for 10 minutes before inverting cake onto a serving plate.
9. While the cake is cooling, mix up nutmeg glaze.
10. To make Nutmeg Glaze: Combine all 3 ingredients and whisk until smooth.
11. Once cake is cooled and inverted onto serving plate, drizzle glaze over top of cake…enjoy!