diff -urp blockcache/blockcache.module blockcache/blockcache.module
--- blockcache/blockcache.module	2008-08-26 11:28:51.000000000 -0400
+++ blockcache/blockcache.module	2008-08-26 11:35:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ function blockcache_get_blocks() {
  * If the block is not cached or the cache is stale, get the info and stick it back into the cache.
  */
 function blockcache_block_view($delta) {
+	global $theme;
   $cache_name = _blockcache_get_name($delta);
   $cached = cache_get($cache_name, 'cache_block');
   if ($cached && ($cached->expire == CACHE_TEMPORARY || $cached->expire > time())) {
@@ -252,7 +253,17 @@ function blockcache_block_view($delta) {
   else {
     // cache block
     $r = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * FROM {bc_blocks} WHERE my_delta = %d", $delta));
-    $block = module_invoke($r->module, 'block', 'view', $r->mod_delta);
+    // load this block for both the block module and the blockcache module
+    $get_block = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * FROM {blocks} WHERE delta = '%d' AND module = 'block' AND theme = '%s'", $r->mod_delta, $theme));
+    $block_data = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * FROM {blocks} WHERE delta = %d AND module = 'blockcache' AND theme = '%s'", $delta, $theme));
+
+    // our blockcache copy of the block contains the region we want to use
+    $get_block->region = $block_data->region;
+
+    // this is done to use any custom templates this block has
+    $block = Array('content' => theme('block', $get_block));
+
+    // package the block for db storage and figure out its life span
     $cache = serialize($block);
     $expire = is_numeric(variable_get('bc_life_'.$delta, '')) ? time() + variable_get('bc_life_'.$delta, '') : CACHE_TEMPORARY;
     cache_set($cache_name, 'cache_block', $cache, $expire);