Andrea's Blackberry & Cinnamon Cake

Yesterday a friend sent me the recipe for this cake.
Today is a day off so have just picked the blackberries. I picked them in the pouring rain and now have 250g of wet blackberries.


Hope it's as good as it sounds.

Butter for greasing
140g soft unsalted butter
140g caster sugar
140g ground almonds
140g self raising flour
1 egg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla extract
225g black berries
Icing sugar for dusting

Heat oven to 180/160 fan/gas 4.  Grease and line 23cm springform tin.  Put the butter, sugar, almonds, flour, egg, cinnamon and vanilla into mixing bowl and beat well.  Spread half the mixture into prepared tin and flatten lightly using back of fork.  Sprinkle over blackberries and dot over the remaining cake mixture so the fruit is covered.  Place tin on a baking sheet and bake in oven for about 1 hour until golden and springy.  Leave to cool in the tin.  Sift the icing sugar and a little ground cinnamon over the top and serve.