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My husband's company picnic is coming up soon andI always impress everyone ith the dessert I bring every year. They have a bake-off contest and I'm on a roll with my winnings! I'd love to win again this year but also make something new and impressive for everyone to enjoy.

Anyone have any suggestions? Last year I did a peaches and cream pie.

For the summer, I love blackberries. This is kind of a cross between blackberry cobbler and pineapple upside down cake.

Blackberry upside down cake.

Melt 1 stick butter in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
Sprinkle 1/4 Cup light brown sugar over the melted butter.
Sprinkle 1/4 - 1/2 Cup of almond slivers over brown sugar.
Drain 1 can of blackberries (in light syrup) - reserve syrup.
Spread drained blackberries over almonds.
Prepare 1 recipe vanilla cake mix (according to directions on back) and spread over blackberries.
Cook at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake feels "springy".
Pour reserved syrup over cake while still in the pan.
Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out.

Great recipe Harmony! I think anything with fruit would be great for a picnic because they're light and nothing says "summer" like using fresh fruit. Here's a recipe for Orange Vanilla cupcakes that I recently made- turned out to be really delicious. It doesn't exactly have chunks of fruit in it, but the orange zest and vanilla flavor makes it a light treat for summer:BellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!