I'm always looking for excuses to use my summer baking essentials, and this particular recipe calling for seasonal produce stopped me in my scrolling tracks. If you live in an area where blackberries are free to forage from the hedgerows – how bucolic! – or grow apples in your own yard, you'll have these seasonal fruits at hand already.
But they're also some of the farmers' market staples that I love to shop at this time of year when the farm stands turn to harvest produce.
Martha Stewart's blackberry and apple cake balances the tartness of the blackberries with the natural sweetness of the apples, and is perfect to serve at classic summer gatherings or to enjoy as part of a poolside brunch while the weather is still good. Serve it with fresh cream or even a berry coulis. So simple, yet so delicious.
