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Blueberry Buckle

Cooks Illustrated - Small Batch Blueberry Buckle

Ingredients

Streusel

  • 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces/35 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup packed (1 3/4 ounces/50 grams) light brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Pinch table salt
  • 2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

Cake

  • 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces/106 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces/66 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • 10 ounces (2 cups/284 grams) blueberries

Directions

  1. FOR THE STREUSEL: Combine flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt and stir with fork until no lumps remain. Stir in melted butter until mixture resembles wet sand.

  2. FOR THE CAKE: Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8½ by 4½-inch loaf pan with vegetable oil spray. Line pan with 10½ by 8½-inch sheet of parchment, smoothing it up long sides of pan. Spray parchment.

  3. Whisk flour and baking powder in small bowl to combine; set aside. Combine melted butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, salt, and lemon zest in medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Add flour mixture and stir with spatula until smooth. Gently fold in blueberries until evenly distributed.

  4. Transfer batter to prepared pan; with rubber spatula, using a pushing motion, spread batter evenly to pan edges and smooth surface. Squeeze handful of streusel in your hand to form large cohesive clump; break up clump with your fingers and sprinkle evenly over batter. Repeat with remaining streusel. Bake until deep golden brown and toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool on wire rack for 20 minutes (cake will fall slightly as it cools).

  5. Run paring knife along short sides of cake to loosen. Grasping parchment, gently lift cake from pan. Peel parchment from sides of cake and let cool until just warm or to room temperature, at least 30 minutes. Peel parchment from bottom of cake. Slice and serve.