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Vegan Blueberry Buckle served on a white cake stand with extra fresh blueberries

Vegan Blueberry Buckle

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  • Author: Chef Ani
  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: Serves 9
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

This vegan blueberry buckle is bursting with flavor! It makes a joyful treat and looks so pretty perched on a cake stand.


Ingredients

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Crumb Topping:

  • 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup all-natural cane sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon coconut oil

Cake batter:

  • 3/4 cup almond milk
  • 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamon
  • 2 cups of fresh blueberries
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil

Instructions

Crumb Topping:

  1. Start by making the crumb streusel topping. In a small bowl, add whole wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, cardamom, and salt. Mix until combined, then add the coconut oil. Mix until the mixture resembles crumbs (not too dry, but not too wet, as it will melt into the cake if too wet). Set aside and start making the vegan blueberry buckle batter.

Cake batter:

  1. Preheat oven to 375F and grease a lightly greased 9-inch cake pan.
  2. In a bowl, mix the almond milk, ground flaxseed, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the whole wheat pastry flour, unbleached all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, and ground cardamom.
  4. Prepare the blueberries by tossing them with 1-2 tablespoons of the dry flour mixture to coat; this will help them not sink to the bottom of the cake while baking.
  5. In a separate bowl, cream sugar and coconut oil together until fluffy and lighter in color. Alternate adding the flour mixture and wet mixture to the creamed batter.
  6. Gently fold in the fresh blueberries and pour in the greased cake pan. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the cake.
  7. Bake at 375F for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean with a few crumbs sticking to it.

Notes

I have also made this cake with maple syrup instead of sugar, which also works well, but you will need to decrease the milk by about half. The batter should be thick but not dry.