Blueberry Buckle

Today was supposed to be a “pretend you are a sloth” day. You know… where you sit around doing nothing more strenuous than gaze at your toenails? And then I went to get some berries from the ‘fridge… and BOOM! Inspiration!

The Horned One whispered, “Cake! Cake!!” The Halo-ed One said “Nooooo! Go to the patio and read!”

Guess who won?

:|

ANYway :D I ended up digging up this recipe someone sent me.. for Blueberry Buckle. Just a fancy name for coffee cake with berries in it :D During baking, the buckle/batter rises and fruit sinks giving the cake an uneven ‘buckled’ look. Hence the name (DUH!).

As you bake, the berries explode in the slow heat and their juices trickle through the batter giving rise (no pun intended) to a melt-in-your-mouth dessert that’s easy to cook and easier to finish :D

YOU WILL NEED:

For The Cake:

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup softened unsalted butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1/2 cup milk

1 pint blueberries

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

For The Streusel (Topping)

1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup sifted all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation Method:

Preheat the oven to 350°F

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together

Cream the butter and sugar in another bowl

Beat in the egg into the butter mixture

Add the vanilla essence

Stir in the flour along with milk and blend well

Add the berries to this along with 2 tablespoons of flour and fold in

Pour this batter into a greased 8” pan and set aside

Combine ingredients for the Streusel with a fork to make a crumbly mixture

Sprinkle this over the batter

Bake for an hour

Yenjoi!

You can serve this with whipped cream and blueberries or with blueberry gelato (I’ll post the recipe in a couple of days).