New Summer Favorite~Blackberry Platz

...with ice cream and syrup!

We were thrilled to see so many Blackberries this year in our CSA basket!  Many were eaten straight from the basket, but I was able to bake with some of them :o)  My new go-to recipe for our summer blackberries is a coffee cake called platz on the site where I found the recipe. (*It seems to be of German-Austrian roots, but is very similar to a cherry cake I enjoyed in Poland.)

We went crazy one night and ate it with ice cream and a quick blackberry syrup, made on the stove. The kids loved it! 


It also tastes great made with blueberries. Be careful if they are frozen, my first time attempt resulted in blueberry mush in the middle! My second attempt, I thawed them and strained the excess juice and water.  I also was sure to spread them out across the top of the cake. That took care of the mushy, clumping problem.
Enjoy!
~Tracy