The Best Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe! A Blueberry Buckle Recipe that is delicious, buttery and easy to make - a must try!
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Click here to read my policy about affiliate links.
This Blueberry Coffee Cake is the perfect simple, yet utterly delicious dessert that is bursting with blueberries and topped with a crumbly cinnamon streusel!
Whether you enjoy it with a hot cup of coffee, a relaxing cup of tea, or simply straight out of the oven, this dessert will surely impress you and any guests you decide to share it with.
You will love this recipe for Blueberry Coffee Cake!
Whether you're planning a lazy weekend brunch, a baby shower, or simply dessert after your family dinner, this cake will always steal the show.
Why this Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake is the best
- Delicious: Some of the best recipes are simple and still have a ton of flavor. You'll love the cinnamon streusel topping!
- Quick & Easy: This cake is fully cooked in under an hour, but only takes about 10 minutes of active prep time!
- Total Brunch Food: A delightful cake for brunch, a tea party, or even a bridal or baby shower.
What is Blueberry Buckle made of?
To make this cake you'll need:
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- egg
- whole milk
- vanilla extract
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- fresh blueberries
For the streusel topping:
How to make Blueberry Coffee Cake
- Cream sugar and butter together. Mix in the egg until smooth. Mix in milk and vanilla extract until smooth. Mix in dry ingredients until smooth. Fold in blueberries gently with a spatula.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- In a bowl mix together the topping until crumbled. Sprinkle the topping over the cake mixture.
- Bake in a 350° oven for 45-50 minutes.
Storing this Blueberry Buckle Recipe
Storing: You can store this blueberry buckle for up to 4 days in an airtight container at room temperature.
Freezing: You can freeze this blueberry coffee cake for up to 3 months. Wrap individual squares in plastic wrap and put in a freezer bag or wrap the entire cake in plastic wrap, then foil, and store in a freezer bag. Thaw completely before enjoying.
Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake substitutions and variations
Butter: Butter is essential to this recipe. We haven't tried it with dairy free butter but it might work!
Sugar: We don't recommend substituting white sugar.
Eggs: We don't recommend substituting eggs, but you can read this article on Egg Substitutions for Baking if you need to substitute. Try it at your own risk!
Milk: You can substitute milk with half and half, low fat milk, or non dairy milk.
Vanilla Extract: Helps to add flavor, you could substitute with lemon extract!
All Purpose Flour: We don't recommend substituting the flour, but you can check out this article on Substitutions for All-Purpose Flour.
Baking Powder: Baking powder is essential for this recipe. Do NOT substitute with baking soda.
Blueberries: I haven't tried this recipe with any other fruit, but I think fresh raspberries or chopped fresh strawberries would be delicious!
How to serve Blueberry Buckle Cake
You can definitely serve this cake by just slicing it and enjoying it on its own, but it would also be delicious with:
- cup of coffee or tea
- dollop of whipped cream
- scoop of ice cream
Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe FAQs
Blueberry Buckle gets its name from the way the crumb topping "buckles" as it bakes, creating a sunken appearance on top of the blueberry studded cake.
A buckle is a cake that typically has berries in the batter and will "buckle" as it bakes causing indents in the top of the cake.
Blueberry cobbler has a fruit filling topped with a biscuit or crumble topping while blueberry buckle has the berries mixed directly into the batter and is baked like a cake.
There are many reasons a cake may sink in the middle including under baking or an oven that's too hot, however this blueberry coffee cake is meant to dimple a little in the middle due to the berries in the batter.
Other easy cake recipes:
- Cinnamon Sour Cream Coffee Cake
- Italian Lemon Olive Oil Cake
- Banana Bundt Cake
- Homemade Chocolate Fudge Cake
Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients:
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt skip if using salted buttter
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Streusel Topping:
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 8x8 glass baking dish.
- Cream sugar and butter together. Add the egg and mix until smooth. Add milk and vanilla extract and mix until smooth.
- Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until smooth. Fold in blueberries gently with a spatula.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- In a bowl mix together the topping until crumbled.
- Sprinkle the topping over the cake mixture.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center
- Serve plain or with a little whipped cream or ice cream.
- Best with fresh blueberries, but can be made with frozen berries. Just make sure they are thawed and well drained before using.
Cindy
This is the absolute best recipe - - I started making it in the spring and I am still making it almost every week! My family loves it - I make it for my neighbors too ( I use almond extract instead of vanilla - it adds a sweet flavor - try it!) easy and quick to make! Delish!