Vegan Blueberry Buckle. Blueberry Coffee Cake with streusel. Use any seasonal berries of choice! Vegan Soyfree Recipe. Nutfree, Gluten-free option. Jump to Recipe
This Berry Buckle is all things you want in a dessert. A soft vanilla cake batter, seasonal berries, topped with cinnamony streusel.
It comes together quickly and is amazing served warm with a dollop of whipped coconut cream. Berries and batters are made for each other, be it a lemony pound loaf or a cobbler. Try this blueberry buckle with a mix of wild and regular blueberries.
Ingredients you will need for this Vegan Blueberry Buckle
- Wet Ingredients include non dairy milk, applesauce or non dairy yogurt, vinegar, oil, sugar, vanilla extract and almond extract
- Dry ingredients include flour, almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and frozen or fresh blueberries
- I us a mix of all purpose and wheat/spelt flours. For gluten-free, see recipe not section.
- Streusel includes flour sugar, salt, vegan butter(or oil), oil and cinnamon
- Nut-free: Omit the almond flour.
How to make Vegan Blueberry Buckle with Step photos
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the wet and mix in. Add more flour if needed to make a thick batter. Transfer the batter to a parchment lined baking dish. Top with blueberries.
Lightly fold in the berries on the top batter. Add the streusel and spread evenly. Bake until a toothpick from the center comes out clean.
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Recipe Card
Vegan Blueberry Buckle
Vegan Blueberry Buckle. Blueberry Coffee Cake with streusel. Use any seasonal berries of choice! Vegan Soyfree Recipe. Nutfree, Gluten-free option. 8 by 8 or 9 by 9 inch pan
Servings: 16
Calories: 159.65kcal
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1 cup non dairy milk such as almond, light coconut, oat or soy milk
- 1 tbsp applesauce or non dairy yogurt or more non dairy milk applesauce or yogurt work best
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1/3 cup sugar , 1 tbsp more for sweeter
- 1/4 cup neutral oil , or use 3 tbsp applesauce to make oil-free
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- a few drops of almond extract , optional but wonderful
Dry:
- 1.5 cups of flour , I use 1 cup unbleached all purpose and 1/2 cup wheat flour, or all unbleached all purpose, see note for gluten-free
- 2 tbsp almond flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups frozen blueberries , I use a mix of wild and regular blueberries, do not thaw, or use fresh. Or use mixed seasonal berries.
Streusel:
- 1/2 cup flour (all purpose)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 to 1/2 tsp tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp vegan butter or use oil
- 1.5 tbsp oil refined coconut or other neutral like safflower
Instructions
- Line a pan with parchment with parchment hanging on the edges. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F (176 C). In a bowl, mix in the wet ingredients until the sugar is fully combined.
- In another bowl, whisk 1 1/2 cup flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. (Add spices of choice if you like.
- Fold into the wet until just about combined. Add more flour if needed 1 tbsp at a time to make just slightly thick batter. Pour into a parchment lined pan. Add blueberries on top and lightly fold some of the berries with the batter just on the top, not in the entire batter.
- In a bowl, add the dry streusel ingredient and mix well. Add the vegan butter and oil and mix it in with your fingers until well distributed and crumbly. Add a bit more oil if needed for fat crumb mixture. Spread over the cake batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 50 mins (depends on the pan, cake height etc). Cool for 10 mins, then remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing. Serve with whipped coconut cream, ice cream or a simple icing if you wish. Store on the counter for upto 2 days, refrigerated for upto 7 days, freeze (slices) for upto a month
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Notes
Gluten-free: Mix 3/4 cup almond flour, 3/4 cup oat flour, 1/3 cup potato starch, 1 tbsp chia seeds/flax seed meal. Use 1 3/4 cup of the flour mix and add more as needed. For streusel use a mix of oat flour and almond flour.
Oil-free: Use apple sauce for the batter.
Use 1/4 cup nut butter for the streusel, Also use 1/4 cup brown sugar and add few tsp maple syrup as needed to make a crumbly mixture.
Nutrition is for 1 slice.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Blueberry Buckle
Amount Per Serving
Calories 159.65
Calories from Fat 60
% Daily Value*
Fat 6.68g10%
Saturated Fat 0.71g4%
Sodium 172.14mg7%
Potassium 84mg2%
Carbohydrates 23.42g8%
Fiber 1.03g4%
Sugar 10.2g11%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 74.32IU1%
Vitamin C 1.35mg2%
Calcium 51.15mg5%
Iron 0.89mg5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Kristen
Making this for the second time, only this time I was smart enough to double the recipe. 😉 Tastes just like the blueberry buckle my mom used to make, only vegan. Thank you!!
Vegan Richa Support
that’s nice. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Kate
“ 1.5 cups frozen blueberries , I use a mix of wild and regular blueberries, **do not thaw, or use fresh** Or use mixed seasonal berries”
Just so I’m reading this right, do not thaw AND/Also, do not use fresh? ☺️ Or is fresh OK?
Vegan Richa Support
fresh are fine, yes, and if using frozen – don’t thaw
Anna
Very easy and delicious 😍
Vegan Richa Support
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Susan
What size pan? Looking firward to making this!
Vegan Richa Support
8″ square is nice
Scott Grenerth
Absolutely fantastic!
I just made this tonight for my parents, who are not the least bit vegan, and will most definitely tell me if something is not tasty for them. They *loved* it!
To be clear, I do too!
Thank you for the great recipe. I’m going to share your post on our local vegan group page.
Vegan Richa Support
wow – thanks for sharing – and the honesty
Megan Jolic
This was absolutely AMAZING!!!! It was so easy to make & is beyond delicious. I can’t wait to make this again!
Vegan Richa Support
Awesome
maria
i assume you melt the vegan butter for the streusel topping, or is it softened?
Vegan Richa Support
no need to melt – softened will be quicker – but isn’t necessary
peggy
this looks amazing. I have Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 gluten free flour- i wonder if it would work? Do you know??
Vegan Richa Support
that brand is great – will work fine
Jen
Hi! I have regular bobs GF flour (not 1:1). Can I use that?
Vegan Richa Support
yes
Sarah
I loved the coffee cake recipe so I decided to try this one with the blueberries in it and it’s delicious!! Both are amazing depending on whether you’re in the mood for a fruity dessert or not
Vegan Richa Support
haha awesome 👏
De
This looks amazing! Could it be baked in a muffin pan or mini muffin pan for easy portioning?
Vegan Richa Support
sure – a dozen minis will take 15-20 min
Karen Ricketts
The perfect blueberry cake! Moist cake, delicious crumble, lots of blueberries – just what we were hoping for. I baked it for 32 minutes in an 8″ square glass baking dish; just right. You suggested waiting till it cools to cut it, but we just couldn’t wait = )
Vegan Richa Support
so sweet Karen, I couldn’t wait either!
Ronak Mehta
I tried out cake with the above recipe. The cake was very soft and tasty. Thank you.
Lori
This is the absolute BEST blueberry recipe I’ve ever made. Flawless and delicious!!
Vegan Richa Support
wow! I’m speachless.
Lori
I have recently found you, and being a cook and baker, am sooo impressed with every recipe I’ve tried. Out of respect, the first attempts I follow to a T (except monkfruit for sugar) and loved every one! ❤️👍😋
Rose
Hi Richa, just made this cake, and as with every recipe of yours, it’s delicious!! I did have a little issue with the streusel: after I added the called for amount of oil (I used all oil because I had no vegan butter) it was quite “damp”. And pretty much stayed that way even after baking. So it didn’t really separate or get “sandy”. (Hope this makes sense!) But I lightly scraped off some and then put the cake back under the broiler for a few minutes to crisp it slightly. Still, a beautiful, light, not too sweet cake so it’s getting 5 great stars from me. Would highly recommend and will make again. Thank you!!
Deb
I followed the gluten free version exactly, it tastes good but the cake just crumbled into little crumbs. It does not hold together even a little. Any ideas what happened?
Vegan Richa Support
were you using any ingredients that may have been a little stale at all?
Deb
Hi, Thank you for the response.
Everything was new except my baking powder and baking soda were already open, but not too old.
Nidhi
Amazing amazing cake! I’m not a huge fan of fruit in my cakes, but this was the perfect balance of cake, fruit, and cinnamon-y streusel! Thank you!!!
Alison
This looks lovely. What kind of sugar do you use. I am in the UK and it gets confusing trying to work out which sugar is being used. I am going to have to get some as I only have coconut sugar.
Vegan Richa Support
that will work just fine =)
Anna Ianova
Hi Richa, greetings from Bulgaria! Thank you for your receipts, such an inspiration! I have made this as gluten-free version, as per your instructions. And it turned out the BEST cake i have ever made, so good! My whole family enjoyed it and is asking for more, this actually dint happen for a cake before!
Richa
awesome
ana panameno
good afternoon,
it’s my birthday tomorrow and i want to make this but don’t have almond flour 🙁 considering the condition outside i cannot get it, is there anything i can sub for almond flour?
Richa
just add 2 tbsp moree flour
Ana panameno
When I first looked at the recipe idk what happened I read 2 cups of almond flour, silly me. But you made my bday wishes come true and you reposted me. Thank you it was so delicious and perfect sweetness.
Lua
can I use buttermilk instead of yogurt in this recipe? or just milk?
Richa
Yes
Anne
I made this last night and it was FABULOUS! Really loved it, flavorful, moist… will be making this many times.
Richa
yay!
Alana
Made this last night. I used the oil free way by using applesauce. DELICIOUS!!
make these again for sure. Am also going to try this with apples instead of
blueberries since I think the apples would be good with the topping. Thank
you for this GREAT recipe. 🙂
Richa
thanks!
Eti
Can I rate it 10 stars?! This is going to be a resident in our home. OMG. So easy to make and so tasty I feel like I’m in heaven. And mind you, I am far from being a baker or anything close to it. I’m addicted to your savory recipes but though to give it a try since I’m in charge of a cake for dinner tonight and did not want to buy one at any cost. Non of the guests are vegan and I’m super curious to know what they’ll say. My hubby who’s not vegan either (yet… lol…) said it was delicious!!!! Thank you Richa for making my world better and tastier 🙂
Richa
yay!!
Rie
Hi, Richa
I just made this last night! and I love them! so light and delicious!
But for next time, I’m going to put only 1/3 tsp (or maybe 1/4) of salt for Streusel. I put 1/2 tsp and it was bit salty for me and my family… but other than that, we all love them!!
Thank you for the great recipe!!
Avni
I’m going to try this out! What kind of vinegar? And instead of parchment can I just put oil in the pan? Last time I used parchment in my oven it didn’t work out well. Thank you!
Richa
any kind will work, apple cider vinegar or white vinegar.
without the parchment or any lining how will you take the cake out without the srerusel falling off
Avni Vyas
I am going to leave it in the glass pan.
Richa
then it should be fine
Bella
Hello! This looks SO tasty, can I ask if this is a light(er) cake, much air in it? I am looking for a recipe I can’t ruin 🙁 as most of my cakes have come out a little dense, fro the pictures it looks quite light and fluffy. Also can I add the blueberries to the mixture and omit the topping? Thank you so much in advance 🙂
Richa
yes you can omit streusel and yes this is a light cake
Melissa
I’m confused about your sentence on blueberries on the list of ingredients. Can I use fresh blueberries, or do NOT use fresh blueberries?
Richa
use fresh or frozen berries. If using frozen, do not let them thaw
Tamar
Hi Richa, I made the recipe and it’s amazing! Easy, tasty, light… Everyone was eyeing it for seconds 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks, Tamar
Richa
yay
Ali
I can’t wait to try this! What size pan?
Richa
8 by 8
Marilu Simmons
Not a rating on the recipe but your generosity.
You share an unbelievable amount of recipes for free.
I bought one of your cookbooks to say Thank You and support your efforts.
Richa
Thank you for this wonderful note and for getting my cookbook! <3 <3
Rose
I echo Marilu’s comment. What a wonderfully kind thing to do, Marilu. It made me smile to read and to know that you took the opportunity to express thanks for someone’s generosity. Sometimes, it’s the little things…