Blackberry Topped Cake

Photo: flickr user norwichnuts

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour see note 1

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 lrg eggs

1/2 cup plain lowfat yogurt see note 2

1/4 cup butter melted

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 pkt Blackberries, frozen

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350F

2. Thaw frozen Blackberries (sorry, I can't remember the net weight of the package, but the manufacturer was Green Giant, and they were sugar-free).

The last few times I used fresh Blackberries and just used enough to cover the top of the cake - about 1 cup (1/2 pint).

3. In mixing bowl, blend flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

4. In another bowl, beat eggs, yogurt, melted butter, and vanilla extract until smooth.

5. Stir into dry ingredients to make smooth, thick batter.

6. Combine thawed Blackberries with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.

7. Spoon batter into greased 9-inch springform pan or other round cake pan. Spread Blackberry mixture on top.

8. Bake in preheated 350F oven 45 to 50 minutes or until done.

NOTES : [This is an adaptation of a recipe for peach almond cake, changed so it could be served to a friend with allergies to tree nuts and fruits. It tasted better than the peach almond version].

.The original recipe listed all-purpose flour, but I use whole wheat flour.

2. The recipe calls for plain yogurt. I always use Biobest 1%% fat active-culture yogurt (made by Astro), so I have entered the ingredient as plain lowfat yogurt to determine the nutritional content.

May have posted this recipe to elf some time ago, but I'm not sure, so I'm posting it for the theme week. It's my adaptation of suppose that I am the recipe creator now. I started with a recipe for peach-almond cake by Johanna Burkhard, from The Comfort Food newspaper a few years ago. The changes were necessary, since one of the guests was allergic to peaches and tree nuts (as opposed to peanuts).