This Blueberry Snack Cake is a wonderful breakfast (or snack) when paired with a cup of coffee or milk.
I have a goal for the new year. Now I am calling this a goal and not a resolution because it is something I would like to do, but I don't know that it will really happen very often.
Whenever I make a breakfast for my family, I always make it the day before. Mornings and I are not best friends. Baking in the early morning hours is not a good idea when your body is still mostly asleep. I'm sure I would burn things and cut my fingers all the way off if I tried.
My kids are not big cereal eaters...unless it is for a bedtime snack or dinner. So, I love to make different breakfast baked goods for them to have in the morning. The thing is that I have to make them the day before, so they can have them in the morning.
The other Saturday morning I had an urge to actually bake a breakfast cake in the morning. Ok, so it was like 11 am...so technically it wasn't morning, but I call anything before noon morning. So, we had this cake for brunch. My oldest son absolutely loved this cake. He might have eaten the entire rest of the cake in less than a day. Grant it, he is a growing teenager. But he did ask me to bake another one as soon as he ate the last piece.
It is such an easy breakfast cake to put together. So my goal is to make a hot breakfast at least once a week for my family...ok, let's be realistic it might be more like once a month.
Baby steps 🙂
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Recipe
Blueberry Snack Cake
This easy and delicious snack cake is topped with blueberries and a crumb topping.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugars, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. (If you have a food processor, use it here.)
- Set aside ¾ cup mixture for the topping.
- Add the baking powder, buttermilk, and eggs to the remaining mixture. Beat gently until combined.
- Spread in a greased 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle with the blueberries. Top with the reserved crumb mixture.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes. Cool slightly before serving. Store in a sealed container. Makes 15 squares.
Notes
*If using frozen blueberries, do not thaw when adding to the top of the cake.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 15 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 216Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 77mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 1gSugar: 22gProtein: 3g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
Other blueberry recipes that we love:
Kelly
Hehe, we usually just have boring oatmeal or granola in the morning too but this blueberry snack cake sounds even better! Love blueberries and this would make an awesome breakfast 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
This is definitely better than oatmeal or granola! I mean it is cake after all...cake for breakfast is just plain awesome all the time 🙂
Deborah
haha - it has been my goal to do hot breakfasts for a long time (my mom ALWAYS did growing up) but I'm a big failure. I'm just too tired! I need to make this, though - I'm sure we'd love it for breakfast or a snack!
Jocelyn Brubaker
It's ok...I think hot breakfast is overrated anyway. I just can't get myself up in time to do them, so reheated is just going to have to do!
Lindsay @ Life, Love and Sugar
It looks awesome Jocelyn! I just had blueberry cheesecake the other night and now I have blueberries on the brain - love this! Oh and you could totally have hot breakfast more often - make it the night before, then microwave it. They'll never know. 😉
Jocelyn Brubaker
I like the way your mind works!!! Hot breakfast from the microwave works for me 🙂
Jennie @themessybakerblog
This cake sure would look purdy on my breakfast plate this morning. Pinned.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Jennie!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen
I don't like baking early either but a nice hot breakfast would be worth it!! That's why I love overnight cinnamon rolls, make the night before but reap the warm breakfast in the morning!! This cake looks gorgeous, I love blueberries so I might be like your son and want to eat this whole cake!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Hot breakfast from the microwave works too...right? 😉 You are so right about the overnight rolls. All the work at night, with the hot rolls in the morning. That I could do!!!
Liz @ Life Made Sweet
I have 2 HUGE bags of frozen blueberries and this sounds like the perfect way to use them! These looks delicious!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Sounds to me like some blueberry snack cake is in your near future 🙂
Erin | The Emerging Foodie
Yuuuuum, this looks delectable! Even though I'm not a teenage boy, I still think I could eat the whole thing! 😉 Happy New Year, Jocelyn!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks Erin!!!
Wendy
This breakfast cake is exactly what I have been looking for. Our supermarket had a huge special on blackberries and I couldn't resist stocking up. But there are only so many fresh fruit bowls we can eat. I see a blackberry snack cake in our near future! Thanks, Jocelyn!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Oh, I bet this would be amazing with the blackberries in it too! Keep me posted on how you like it!!!
Chels R.
Mmm, I love breakfast cakes for breakfast! I gotta tell you, when I first read the title of this post in my email, I misread it and thought it read Breakfast Snake cake, lol! I hope your 2014 is treating you beautifully so far! I can't wait to see more breakfast goodies that you post!
Jocelyn Brubaker
LOL! Yup big difference in a snake cake!
Chrissy
These look delicious, Jocelyn! I have to give them a try! 🙂 Happy New Year!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Chrissy!!!
Ilona @ IlonaPaperPassion
Hello Jocelyn, lovely blog and great recipes. I just noticed that you moved from blogger. I am just thinking about moving. Because you used Blogger and WordPress I would like to ask you about your experience of using both? Is WordPress harder to manage?
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you!!! It isn't harder to manage, just different to learn. Things are in different places, but once you figure out where everything is it is easy!
Mary Frances
Yeah, we don't bake breakfast either, unless we have company! I'm pretty sure I would burn something, too 😉 We just got a box of fresh blueberries and I keep thinking how nice it is to have fresh fruit in the winter ... they would be even better in this cake!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Yes, burning would happen if I baked breakfast too! Glad to hear I am not alone in this 🙂
Tieghan
Mmm! Blueberries in the winter sound awesome! What a great cake!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Blueberries in the winter to help fight off the winter blues 🙂 Thanks Tieghan!!!
Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent
What a fun goal... Its hit or miss for me on morning baking... Sometimes it goes great... sometimes I forget how to scramble eggs!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Well, so far am 0-0. I did make muffins last night for the kids to eat this morning. I get 1/2 a point for that effort right? I still have the rest of the month to keep trying for my goal 😉
Taylor @ FoodFaithFitness
I actually am a morning person so this looks right up my ally. Plus I am a total blueberry addict and, well, who doesn't want to eat cake every day of their life forever? This look ah-may-zing! Happy New Year!
Jocelyn Brubaker
I wish I could be a morning person, but it just doesn't happen. And cake every day for life sounds awesome 😉
aimee@shugarysweets
You make the best blueberry breakfast recipes! LOVE this snack cake. And um, I don't cook breakfast either....
Jocelyn Brubaker
Awe, thank you so much! I heart you! Glad to hear you don't cook breakfast either!
Stephanie @ PlainChicken
I am also not a morning person - cereal is the best I can do unless I pre-make something. This looks delicious! I love blueberries. I can't wait to try this!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Sounds just like me!!! I hope you get a chance to try this cake...it was so good!!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
Super impressed that your bb's didn't sink to the bottom which tends to happen when I bake bb cakes! This looks so good! pinned
Jocelyn Brubaker
Usually mine sink too, but this particular cake always has them on top which I love!!! Thank you so much for the pin love!
Regan
I love blueberries, and all 4 of these recipes look fantastic! Thanks a bunch!
Happy New Year!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Regan!
Andrew
Love the pictures! Maybe I'll do it for the next New Year's Eve.
Great idea!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you and yes, definitely try it soon!!!