Best Blueberry Buckle Recipe (Easy Coffee Cake)
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This is the Best Blueberry Buckle recipe. It makes a tender moist blueberry cake with lemon essence and topped with a sweet streusel that has a light crunch. Your morning coffee is going to beg you for this blueberry breakfast cake.
Cake for breakfast? Rise up, it’s our right! Lemon Blueberry Buckle for everyone! O.k., I haven’t gone quite off on the deep end but this is the best blueberry cake that I’ve ever made.
If you’ve been with us for a while, you know how I love a moist coffee cake. As much as my mother stated she disliked cooking, she had a mean sweet tooth (mine’s genetic!). She would, however, on occasion, whip up a coffee cake and it was always so good.
The rules were a little difficult to grasp for me growing up. Why can I eat this fresh Blueberry Cake for breakfast when my favorite Spice Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting was just for dessert? It’s no wonder I was confused, keep reading!
What is the difference between cake and coffee cake?
The definition of a Coffee Cake is a cake that includes coffee as one of its ingredients or is meant to be eaten with coffee. Whereas, a cake is a sweet food often covered in frosting. So, as long as you don’t frost it and you have a cup of coffee you can eat cake for breakfast, right? I still think like a 5-year-old when it suits my purpose.
This weeks lemon blueberry coffee cake recipe is a part of the #freakyfridayrecipes series that I participate in about 4 times a year. The Freaky Friday blog hop, organized by Michaela who runs An Affair From the Heart, is a group of bloggers that are secretly assigned each others’ blogs from which we choose a recipe appropriate for the theme. It’s so much fun and there are so many quality recipes.
The theme of this blog hop is “Spring” and I was given Michele’s blog, West Via Midwest. Michele used to have Midwest roots and live not all that far from me and boy do I wish we knew each other then! She headed west and in the meantime went to culinary school and is a Sommelier! Talk about an over-achiever!
It’s no wonder we get along. We both love to entertain without the stress and we both love to share food with the people we love.
I must admit that I was a little intimidated when I was given West Via Midwest. She does some amazing main course recipes like her Easy Oven-Baked Ribs and her No-Fail Grilled Lamb Chops. There wasn’t any need to worry though because once I came upon her Blueberry Buckle recipe, I knew that one was just made for me. And so was her Lemon Coconut Cake and her Cherry Pie Bars. Oh heavens, the list goes on. Just check it out for yourself!
What is a Buckle?
According to The Farmers Almanac, the cake earned the name “buckle” because while it bakes, the batter rises, but the berries and crumb topping weigh it down, causing the surface of the cake to buckle.
While I was doing my Buckle research, I looked at several recipes. This recipe has a lot more berries in it than other recipes. I learned quite a few things from Michele too.
Best Blueberry Buckle Recipe Ingredients
The ingredients for this blueberry coffee cake are common and most likely in your pantry. Grab some fresh blueberries and you can have this blueberry buckle cake on your table in an hour.
- All-Purpose Flour
- Sugar. Brown Sugar and White Sugar
- Ground Cinnamon
- Butter. We prefer real unsalted butter.
- Baking Powder
- Eggs. We use large eggs for consistency in our baking.
- Salt. If you use salted butter, eliminate the salt.
- Blueberries. Fresh is what we prefer. See the instructions below for frozen.
- Vanilla Extract. Pure is best but you can use imitation if that’s all you have.
- Lemon Zest. Lemon brightens up this buckle making it taste fresh and delicious.
Hostess Tips:
- I used fresh berries and folded them in. If you use your mixer and break some of the berries your batter will be tinted.
- If you use frozen berries rinse any ice crystals from them and dab them dry with a paper towel. The juice from the berries will tint your batter as well.
- Most of the streusels I make have you cut in cold butter to get the large crumble. Michele’s method is easier and just as delicious!
More Blueberry recipes you may enjoy!
- 6 Ingredient Blueberry Lemonade Pie
- Superfood Salmon Salad with Balsamic Blueberry Sauce
- Blueberry Dutch Baby Pancake Recipe
- Blueberry Puff Pastry Rolls
I hope you’ll give this old-fashioned recipe a try and let me know if you think it’s the Best Blueberry Buckle Recipe you’ve ever tried too!
I hope you enjoyed this delicious recipe as much as we do. Drop me a comment below, and don’t forget to give it a star rating. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Your comments and ratings help others decide if this recipe is for them too.
I have to fess up. The original blueberry buckle recipe calls for 10 tablespoons of butter. I had those little 1/2 sticks of butter because they were on sale. I forgot to put one of them in so only used 6 tablespoons of butter. The texture and flavor were delicious. You have the option to use all 10 or reduce it like I mistakenly did.
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Take a look at all of our Spring 2019 Freaky Friday Recipes:
- A Grande Life – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
- An Affair from the Heart – Margarita Dip with Salted Pretzels
- Aunt Bee’s Recipes – BLT Pasta Salad
- Bowl Me Over – Macaroni Pasta Salad
- Hostess at Heart – Blueberry Buckle Recipe – Incredibly Easy To Make
- House of Nash Eats – Asparagus Tart
- Kylee Cooks – No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake
- Life Currents – Blackened Shrimp Pasta
- Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish – Spicy Thai Basil Slaw
- Mildly Meandering – Mediterranean Scalloped Potatoes
- Seduction in the Kitchen – Grilled Peach Caprese Salad
- Take Two Tapas – Spicy Bacon Wrapped Air Fryer Shrimp
- The Foodie Affair – Coconut Pie with Creamy Custard Filling
- The Speckled Palate – Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese
- West Via Midwest – Air Fryer Cherry Pies
- Who Needs a Cape? – Slow Cooker Cheesy Taco Soup
Hi, I must eat gluten free and need organic due to finicky mast cells. Do you know if I could use a blend of Bob’s Red Mill one-to-one replacement flour and coconut flour or freshly ground oat flour? Blueberries and oats go do well together as do blueberries and coconut, so I just wonder. I am not a skilled baker in the least sense, but this sounds sooo yummy! I have some blueberries to cook and would like to try this.
Hi Jeanie! I have had luck using this flour instead of other flours in bakery such as this but haven’t tried it with this recipe. I agree that blueberries and oats go so well together! Give it a try, learning to bake is all about experimenting. Lord knows I’ve had some epic fails LOL! Let me know how it goes. Our community will thank you!
Thus blueberry buckle looks amazing!!! I want some with coffee right now!
Thank you, Deanna!
I love when a dessert is simply bursting with fruity goodness, this one definitely fits the bill.
Thank you Lori! We loved it!
Cake for breakfast? I’m ALL IN! I’ve never made a buckle before, and that’s going to change ASAP because this sounds amazing! And my whole family will love it because who doesn’t love a cake with fresh blueberries and lemon?
Thank you, Erin! We loved it!
I’m so in love with blueberry recipes at this time of year! This looks like one I need to make asap.
It was fun and easy to make too!
Oh my goodness friend- this cake looks amazing!! That streusel topping is heaven and I am definitely making this for Mothers Day!
Thank you, Angela! It’s so easy to have those kiddos help their mamma!
I love West Via Midwest’s recipes as well. She’s an amazing person IRL too. This blueberry buckle looks so, so good and somehow I have missed seeing it on her blog. Cannot wait to try – especially with that crumble topping!
Thank you, Amy! I totally agree on our friend!
Seriously this is for breakfast? Now I’m totally in! Coffee cake is Dan’s favorite!!
Thank you, Deb! John and I ate the whole thing by ourselves!
Your photos are fantastic! Making me crave this now! I can’t wait to make this for my family.
Thank you so much, Jen!
I love all things blueberry but never had a buckle! I SO want to try this!!!! It looks amazing!
It’s easy Brandi and we loved it!
I know what I’m making for dessert this weekend! Everything about this sounds so delicious!
Thank you, Madi!
I love that you cut down the butter… the buckle is a little higher than when I make it… I m definitely going to try it with only 6 tbs…. 🙂 Your photos are wonderful… makes me want to make this again very soon!
Thank you, Michele! LOL I thought yours looked better!
Ooooh, you picked a great recipe! I happen to have a bunch of fresh blueberries in my refrigerator that needs to be used up soon. Found what I’ll be making with them.
Thank you, Sandra!
This looks so delicious, and that streusel topping is calling my name!
Thank you, Debi!
I had never heard of a buckle until I lived in New England and then it was always blueberry buckle. Today alone, yours is the second recipe I have seen for it. I really think I need to bake one. 🙂
I’m with you, Karen. I’d heard of it but didn’t know what it was exactly. It was really good!
This looks incredibly delicious!! I have made many a coffee cake in my life, but never a buckle!! I see that changing VERY soon!
Thank you, Michaela!
This buckle sounds absolutely amazing and it looks gorgeous! I would love a piece of it right now to go with my coffee!
Thank you, Lisa!