Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons butter or stick margarine, melted
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
  • 2 cups fresh blackberries
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup fat-free milk

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Place 2 teaspoons melted butter in the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan; sprinkle with brown sugar and lemon rind. Top with blackberries; set aside.
  • Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
  • Beat granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons butter in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Add the egg and vanilla; beat well. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix after each addition. Spoon batter over blackberries.
  • Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen edges of cake with a knife. Place a plate upside down on top of cake pan; invert onto plate.