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When fresh berries (okay you can use frozen) are in season a buckle the perfect thing to make! Part cake, part streusel topped and a whole lot of DELICIOUS!
Saturday night I found out that the Fantabulous In-laws may be coming up today. That being said I had to make something scrumptious as a dessert. I didn’t want chocolate or anything too sweet so off to the fridge I went. Even though I had gone shopping nothing really screamed out at me. That is.. until I saw the 4lb container of fresh blueberries. Now I already knew I was making Mr. Fantabulous Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes for breakfast but 4lbs is a lot of blueberries!
I grabbed them and figured I’d make some type of muffin or cake. All I know is that I *HAD* to make something with blueberries.
This recipe just kind of fell together. I wanted streusel and I wanted blueberries. Muffins?
Nah.. tired of those.
Cobbler? Eh… didn’t have ice cream and cobbler is just nekkid without vanilla ice cream.
So I opted to make a buckle.
What’s the difference between a cobbler, crisp and buckle you ask???
Buckles are streusel topped cakes that are filled with fruits. The streusel makes the top look buckled.
Cobblers are baked fruit topped with a batter or biscuit crust. The topping is often “cobbled” rather than smooth; the topping is generally dropped or spooned in small clumps over the fruit, allowing bits of the filling to show.
Crisps are baked fruit topped with a mixture of some combination of flour, nuts, cereal (especially oatmeal), butter, and sugar. The topping ranges in texture from streusel to granola, and generally completely covers the fruit.
Now this morning when I got up I found out that only Papa Fantabulous was coming up to help the hubby work more on the downstairs. Now I couldn’t wait to see him as I love Papa Fantabulous but secretly I could not wait to cut into this buckle!
So they worked….
and worked…
AND WORKED…
and this poor buckle just sat there, taunting me, waiting for me. <jerk!>
FINALLY they came upstairs for lunch!
When I cut into this thing I instantly smelled the lemon and fresh blueberries. While this cake is hefty to pick up, the texture is super light. And you want to talk about moist! It just melted!
This is perfect for coffee and tea, Sunday brunch with the girls or just because it’s Monday!
Now, if you don’t like blueberries, you can EASILY substitute in raspberries, strawberries, chopped apples or maybe make a mixed berry buckle!
Want a slice???
Psst….
You’re droolin’ Wipe your chin 🙂
PrintBlueberry Buckle
- Yield: 8-10
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Ingredients
Streusel Topping
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup self rising flour (can use all-purpose if you don’t have it)
- 10 tablespoon butter, unsalted and ice cold cut into 1/2” cubes
Buckle
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup self rising flour (can use all purpose if you don’t have it)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (or only 1/2 teaspoon if you use self rising flour)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (or you can use 1/4 teaspoon cardamom)
- 6 tablespoon butter, cut into cubes
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon oil or 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest (*optional)
- 2/3 cup vanilla Greek yogurt (or you can use sour cream)
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Glaze
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2–3 tablespoon milk
Instructions
Pan Preparation
- Put your oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven 350F.
- Butter the sides and bottom of a 10” round spring form pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. *If you don’t have a spring form pan, you can use a 9” cake pan. I prefer the springform pan personally.
Make the streusel topping
- Combine the sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour in a bowl.
- Add in the cubes of butter and cut with a pastry blender until you have pea size crumbs.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the freezer to chill while you make the buckle batter.
Make the buckle
- Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on high for 5-7 minutes. You want it to be light and fluffy. Stop every few minutes to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Reduce the speed to low and add in the eggs, one at a time mixing well after each one. Add in the vanilla, yogurt and lemon oil. Mix until thoroughly incorporated.
- In a separate bowl add the flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Mix well.
- With the mixer on the lowest speed, slowly add in the dry ingredients. You ONLY want to mix until it’s all incorporated. I actually tend to finish mixing it by hand. You don’t really want air bubbles in this. Using a spatula or spoon gently fold in the blueberries. The batter will be thick, so scrape it into the prepared pan and spread it out evenly.
- Remove the streusel topping from the freezer and sprinkle it on top of the batter pressing down in gently. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until the streusel is golden brown and firm to the touch and a cake tester, inserted, comes out with a few moist crumbs. Put the pan on a cooling rack.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes then gently run a knife around the edges of the pan. Carefully unlatch the spring form pan and lift the cake up and out of the ring. Let the cake remain on the bottom of the pan. Let cool for about an hour.
- If you have a big spatula, you can separate the buckle from the bottom of the pan. Or I left my parchment round be about a 1/2” bigger than the base of the pan. This way I could just slide my spatula in between the parchment and the cake.
Make the Glaze
- Once the cake is cooled completely mix the confectioners’ sugar and milk until creamy. I prefer it to have the consistency of maple syrup when I drizzle it.
- Drizzle over top of the buckle.
Keywords: farmers market, fresh fruits, berries, streusal cake, coffee cake, dessert
The recipe doesn’t seem to be all there. How many eggs? How much yogurt, vanilla, lemon oil?
Grrrrr…. let me fix; sorry about that! When my website was redesigned and a new recipe card put in it appears not all of the recipes were converted and left out steps. Give me about 15 minutes and I’ll fix. Sorry about that!
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Living near Germany I grew up with ‘Streuselkuchen’. Your versions sounds very yummy. It’s already on my baking list.
All the best from Holland
Nadja
Hi Nadja!
I did a google search of ‘Streuselkuchen’. That sounds awesome! Since it’s yeast-based, is it more dense, heavy in texture?
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I made this blueberry buckle today and it was delicious!! So good with a little vanilla ice cream on top. So moist yet a little crunchy and chewy with the topping. I did have ALOT of the topping left over. I put it in the freezer for the next round.
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Hi Janice!
That’s awesome to hear that you loved it! This is one of Mr. Fantabulous’ favorites! Next time, try it with fresh raspberries or blackberries! I wouldn’t recommend fresh strawberries as they tend to get ‘watery’ and mushy. See I LOVE a ton of streusel topping so I used all mine up on the cake but if you have a lot left over, you can easily use it up say on baked apples – butter a ramekin or pie dish, mix about a Tbl of flour with peeled/sliced apples, put those in the dish, add a few pieces of butter and then top with the leftover streusel. Bake at 350 for eh, 20-25 or until the apples are fork tender. You can also freeze them fresh like that too!
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I have been dying to make this ever since you posted this on Facebook! We made it last night and added both blueberries and fresh raspberries. This is the absolute BEST cake ever! I can’t wait to have this for dessert tonight again!
I took a small piece to some coworkers and they all begged me to make more for Monday! I showed them your site and they are so loving you right now!
Thanks TKW! You are awesome!
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SarahBeth that’s awesome to hear! I took some to my coworkers and they were fighting over it! My husband called me when he got up and said “HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY where’d all the cake go????” LOL Looks like I’m making another one this weekend too!
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WOW! I cannot wait to try this!
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I hope you love it as much as we did!
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Thank you thank you thank you! I have been drooling for days since you posted this picture on Facebook! I am going tonight after work to buy all the stuff and making this. This looks absolutely amazing!!!
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You are most welcome! This was so good; not overly sweet either! Definitely a keeper!
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I made this last night and wow was it so easy! Loved making it with greek yogurt. The toughest part of all of this was waiting for it to cool down enough to slice!
Oh TKW… this was just magical! I mean it was so incredibly good. My husband, kids and I literally had cake at 10:30 last night as we couldn’t wait to eat it! This was probably the best cake I’ve ever had!
You made me a rock star in the kitchen.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I wish I could give it 100 stars~
Bobbi Sue
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