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This easy blackberry cobbler recipe comes straight from my grandmother. It’s simple to make because it uses for cake mix. Fresh blackberries really make this classic shine but frozen or canned blackberries work as well.
Make sure you try the blueberry cobbler version of this recipe or our fantastic peach cobbler as well.
Ingredients for Blackberry Cobbler
You will need:
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 6 cups blackberries (4-5 cups if they are large berries)
- 1-2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 cup of water
ingredient substitutions & additions
CRUST: You can use regular pie crust strips if you don’t have a yellow cake mix. It does change the taste and texture, but it is still delicious.
CANNED BERRIES: I don’t always have the luxury of fresh blackberries in my refrigerator (or totally carefree days!), but canned blackberries from the pantry make a fine substitution.
PRO TIP: Cleaning fresh blackberries is easy. Much easier than cleaning some other fresh fruits. Pour the berries into a colander. Discard any errant leaves or stems. Set the colander in the sink and run water over the berries. Leave it there to drain while you begin the recipe.
How to Make Blackberry Cobbler
STEP ONE: To make this blackberry cobbler, pull out a 9 x 13-inch baking dish and pour in a full box of a yellow cake mix. Don’t add water or eggs. Just the dry cake mix.
STEP TWO: Spread blackberries evenly over the cake mix.
STEP THREE: For sure you’ve tasted a berry or two by now. Depending on how sweet they are, sprinkle one or two tablespoons of sugar over the berries.
STEP FOUR: Evenly pour one cup of water over everything. Jiggle the baking dish a little so the water kind of soaks in and settles to the bottom of the dish. If the berries aren’t very juicy, you’ll want to add a little more water.
Pro Tip: If you’re using canned berries, reserve the water they’re packed in and use a cup of it instead of the plain water. Unless you don’t want the crust to be purple, of course.
STEP FIVE: Dot the top of the cobbler with a stick of butter cut into eight pieces.
STEP SIX: Bake at 350-degree for 35-40 minutes. A scoop of ice cream on top is optional, but hey—we’re making memories here!
This dessert will also make you remember carefree summer days when finding juicy berries felt like discovering buried treasure. There’s nothing like a bite of warm blackberry cobbler, fresh from the oven, to right the wrongs of the world.
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Blackberry Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 6 cups blackberries 4-5 cups if they are large berries
- 1-2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 cup of water
Instructions
- In the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish, pour one box of yellow cake mix.
- Spread blackberries over the top of the cake mix.
- Sprinkle on 1-2 tablespoons of sugar (depending upon how sweet they are).
- Pour 1 cup of water over top of the berries and cake mix; shake pan so water settles into the bottom. If berries aren’t very juicy, add a little more water. If they are plump, a little less.
- Cut a stick of butter into 8 pieces and spread out over the top.
- Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.
This blackberry cobbler is a dessert that I am going to make time and time again. I pretty much wanted to eat the whole thing by myself!
This dessert is definitely AMAZING!
Hi. Can you tell me how many grams are in a ‘stick’ of butter, please? I’m in Australia and we use grams here. Thanks.
Hi, Julene – thanks for stopping by. This is what Google is telling me 🙂 One tablespoon of butter converted to gram equals to 14.18 g. How many grams of butter are in 1 tablespoon? The answer is: The change of 1 tbsp ( tablespoon ) unit in a butter measure equals = into 14.18 g ( gram ) as per the equivalent measure and for the same butter type. I hope that helps… enjoy!
Sorry – one more thing… a stick of butter is 8 tablespoons! So a total stick of butter in grams would be 113.44 in grams it looks like.
I have made a recipe very similar to this but used a large can or 2 regular sized cans of peaches instead of the blackberries but everything else in the recipe stays the same as with the blackberry cobbler.
You mentioned we could use pie crust strips.How would you use the pie crust strips if you did not have the cake mix. On the bottom or the top.
You could make a separate pie crust and cut strips to top the cobbler if you wanted.
How come my cake mix didn’t cook all the way. It remained dry and uncooked at the bottom. The liquid never reached the cake mix???
When you’re making it, you need to swish the water around and make sure it gets to the bottom of the baking dish or part of the mix won’t bake. I hope it turns out better for you next time! 🙂
I wanna have a slice of this with my coffee in the morning1 Yummy
I shook the water around but it didn’t sink into the cake. I baked it but the cake was still powdery. Can you stir the water into the cake mix?
No, you don’t stir it. You’d want to continue to shake until the water did go into the bottom and was more soaked up or it will turn out dry. Good luck!
Could you use frozen blackberries?
Yes!
How do I store this? Or does it need to be eaten in one or two days? Lol I REALLY want to make this but it will be just for me…I can’t eat it all fresh out of the oven 😂😅😅
Haha, you might be able to, it’s so good!! haha! You can leave it covered on the counter or in the fridge for a few days. Enjoy! 🙂