A Blackberry Buckle is like an old fashioned cobbler! The sweet cakey topping balances the slightly tart blackberries! Topped with a generous serving of vanilla ice cream it rivals the best cobbler out there.
Preheat your oven to 350°F and move a rack to the top third of the oven.
In a medium bowl, slightly mash the blackberries to begin releasing their juices, set aside.
In a 12-inch cast iron skillet melt your butter. While the butter is melting prepare your batter.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a wet-ingredient measuring cup, measure your milk and then add the vanilla, stir to combine. Pour the milk/vanilla mixture into your dry ingredients and whisk until no lumps remain.
Pour the butter into the batter and whisk to combine. Pour the batter back into the cast iron skillet that you used to melt your butter. Spoon the blackberries into the center of the batter, leaving about an inch of blackberry-free batter around the edges.
Sprinkle granulated sugar over the blackberries. I used about 1 tablespoon.
Bake approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the buckle comes out with a few crumbs still attached.
Let cool slightly, spoon into bowls and top with vanilla ice cream or sweetened whipped cream. The buckle is best served warm or room temperature.
Notes
Let’s get into it like a PROFESSIONAL CHEF:
Presentation - Bonus points for topping it withhomemade vanilla bean ice cream orvanilla anglaise. Flavor Tips - Taste your blackberries! You might want to adjust the sugar to match the ripeness of the berries or your specific palette. Technique - The key to a thicker filling here is to make sure it bakes long enough! Wait to take the buckle out of the oven until after you can insert a toothpick and only a few clinging crumbs come with it.Helpful Tools - One bowl and one cast iron skillet and you have a fabulous old-fashioned dessert. If you don’t have a cast iron, you can use a baking dish instead but it will impact the bake time!Variations - To make one miniature Blackberry Buckle, make a quarter of the recipe as written above. You could experiment with different fruit combinations! Just be sure to taste along the way to ensure the proper balance of ripeness and sweetness. Storage - Store baked buckle in a covered dish at room temperature or tightly wrapped in the refrigerator or freezer. Baked buckle will keep for 3 days at room temperature, 10 days in the refrigerator or up to 3 months tightly wrapped in the freezer.Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart.