Baking 🇺🇸 American

Blueberry Buckle

A buttery blueberry cake with a cinnamon crumble top that buckles as it bakes.

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  • Time1 hr 10
  • LevelEasy
  • Costabout £0.49 a head
  • Oven180°C (160°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

9 servings

Ingredients

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Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease and line a 20 cm square tin.

  2. 2

    Rub the crumble flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and cold butter together to coarse crumbs and set aside.

  3. 3

    Beat the softened butter and caster sugar until pale. Beat in the egg and vanilla.

    2 min
  4. 4

    Fold in the flour and baking powder in two goes, alternating with the milk, to a thick batter. Gently fold in two thirds of the blueberries.

  5. 5

    Spread in the tin, scatter over the rest of the blueberries, then the crumble.

  6. 6

    Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 20 minutes before cutting.

    43 min 20 s

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