Serves: 14
Total Calories: 513

1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups blackberries with juice
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Icing:
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon shortening
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour 3 round cake pans. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Combine flour, soda, cinnamon, and cloves and add to creamed mixture. Blend in blackberries. Pour into cake pans and bake for 25–30 minutes. Allow to cool in pans 10 minutes, then invert onto racks to cool completely. Ice when cool.

Icing:
To prepare icing, combine sugars and milk in a saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture forms a very soft ball in cold water. Remove from heat; add shortening and butter. Cool to lukewarm, then beat until thick and creamy. Spread icing between layers, and on top and sides of cake.


Fun Fact: blackberries Facts:

According to the USDA, 1 cup of blackberries contains about 62 calories.

Researchers have known for quite some time that berries contain antioxidants that help to fight cancer-causing free radicals. A study at the University of Ohio has found that blackberries are the most potent cancer fighting berries of them all, by nearly 40 percent!

A quart of blackberries weighs about 1 1/2 pounds.

Blackberries only keep for one to two days in the refrigerator, so if you need them to keep longer, they should be frozen.

Blackberries are one of the few fruits that contain vitamin e. berries also strengthen blood vessels, protect eyesight, and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 14
Total Calories: 513
Calories from Fat: 147

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