Jul 11, 2014 Thankfully, my own baby bear loves nothing more than cramming handfuls of juicy raspberries into his cheeks. But even so, we always have more than I know what to do with. I love easy, casual desserts like this to use up my berry bounty. A buckle is a lovely cake with ripe, juicy blackberries (or other fruit) nestled into the batter prior to baking. I love the rustic appeal of baking it in a cast iron skillet.
Melting the butter in the skillet itself doubles to grease the baking surface. All it needs to finish it off is a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dusting of confectioners’ sugar. And guess what? It doubles seamlessly as breakfast the next day…

Ingredients

½ cup butter 1 ? cups all purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1 cup whole milk, room temperature 1 tsp vanilla extract undefined

For topping:

3 cups fresh blackberries 2 tbsp granulated sugar Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting (optional) undefined

Preparation

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