This recipe is from Edible Maine, Issue No. 38, Fall 2026, and can be found HERE.
Ingredients
Base:
1 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus more for the pan
3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 & 1/2 Tablespoons Baking Powder
8 Tablespoons butter, softened, plus more for the pan
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 pound blackberries
Topping:
4 Tablespoons butter, softened
6 Tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Process
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Butter either six 6-ounce ramekins or one 9 inch pan lined with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, make the topping: stir together the butter, sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. the mixture should be crumbly. Set aside.
- Make the base: in a medium bowl whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about a minute.
- To the stand mixer, add the vanilla and egg and beat until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- To the stand mixer bowl, add the flour mixture and milk and mix for about one minute. Using a rubber spatula, fold the blackberries into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan(s) and then sprinkle with the topping.
- Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about an hour.
- Let cool before serving.