Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake is so easy to throw together for breakfast. It’s like the perfect blueberry muffin but in cake form! Sweet fresh blueberries in a tender cake, this cake is exactly what I want for breakfast.
The batter can be made ahead of time and stashed in the fridge, allowing you to bake the cake off in the morning. What’s more? It freezes beautifully!
Yield: 12 to 16 pieces
Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake
Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake is so easy to throw together for breakfast. It’s like the perfect blueberry muffin but in cake form! Sweet fresh blueberries in a tender cake, this cake is exactly what I want for breakfast.
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Total Time
1 hour
Ingredients
- ½ cup (8 tablespoons | 4 oz | 113 g ) unsalted butter, room temperature
- zest from 1 large lemon
- 1 cup (214 g) sugar (set aside 1 tablespoon for sprinkling)
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour (set aside 1/4 cup of this to toss with the blueberries)
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt (I like 1.25 tsp)
- 2 cups fresh blueberries, picked over
- ½ cup buttermilk, see FAQs below
Instructions
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