Mamie's Blackberry Cake With Caramel Icing

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• cake:
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup solid vegetable shortening (such as crisco®)
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups blackberries, drained
• icing:
• 3 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• beat white sugar and shortening together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; add eggs and mix well. mix cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla extract into creamed butter mixture.
• whisk buttermilk and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until thoroughly mixed. slowly stir flour into butter-buttermilk mixture until batter is smooth; fold in blackberries. pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a serving plate.
• combine brown sugar, evaporated milk, and butter in a saucepan; cook and stir mixture over medium heat until a small amount of brown sugar mixture dropped into cold water forms a soft ball. remove saucepan from heat and stir in vanilla extract. beat by hand until icing is thick. spread icing quickly over top and sides of cake.