Strawberry Buckle | Cookies and Cups

This strawberry buckle is a moist, tender cake recipe with juicy contemporary strawberries and a candy crumble high. It’s an old style dessert that’s fast and straightforward to make in a skillet! The skin crisps up, whereas the within stays smooth and buttery.

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Why You’ll Love This Strawberry Buckle Recipe

This strawberry buckle is so much like a espresso cake, baked with juicy contemporary berries in order that the cake falls or “buckles” beneath the load of the fruit. I like an old-timey dessert, and this one is ideal for strawberry season! Right here’s what makes it the very best:

• Mushy and buttery. This strawberry buckle recipe has all the convenience of a cobbler, with the smooth and buttery crumb of an ultra-moist coffee cake. 
• Made in a skillet. The thick batter is studded with chopped contemporary strawberries and bakes up simply in a skillet. It leaves the sides crispy whereas conserving the within moist and tender.
• Straightforward to make. Combine the batter in minutes, after which bake. This buckle recipe wants one bowl, no mixer, and little or no effort. Ready for this cake to chill is the toughest half!

Elements You’ll Want

You can also make this strawberry buckle with just some pantry components. Under are some notes. Scroll to the recipe card after the publish for a printable record with quantities.

• Butter – Dropped at room temperature. You can even exchange butter with oil if you happen to’d like.
• Dry Elements – All-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. I exploit granulated sugar, however you may also use mild brown sugar.
• Vanilla and Eggs – Just like the butter, I like to recommend letting the eggs come to room temperature. You’ll additionally wish to use actual vanilla and never imitation.
• Lemon Zest – Non-compulsory, however I like contemporary lemon zest alongside the strawberry flavors on this dessert.
• Milk – You need to use entire milk, 2% milk, or a dairy-free various if wanted.
• Strawberries – Washed, hulled, and coarsely chopped. I minimize every berry into quarters for bigger chunks. You can even make this cake with frozen strawberries, simply you should definitely allow them to thaw totally and pat them dry with paper towels.
• Crumble – The crumble topping is straightforward to make with butter, flour, brown sugar, and a pinch of salt. It’s the identical streusel topping that I exploit for my blueberry cobbler bread and crumb cake recipes.

Make a Strawberry Buckle

This strawberry buckle comes collectively very simply and it bakes up deliciously crisp and tender in my cast iron skillet, which I like. Observe this straightforward step-by-step, and keep in mind to scroll to the recipe card for printable directions.

• Combine the batter. Begin by creaming butter and sugar, and blend within the eggs, vanilla, salt, and baking powder. Stir within the lemon zest, then add the flour and milk. Lastly, fold in your strawberries.

• Assemble. Add the cake batter to a greased 10” oven-safe skillet. In a bowl, minimize collectively the crumble components. Sprinkle the crumble over the batter.
• Bake. Pop the entire skillet into the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes at 350ºF till the highest is golden. Let the buckle cool, after which give it a dusting of powdered sugar earlier than serving.

What If I Don’t Have a Skillet?

In case you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, you’ll be able to nonetheless make this strawberry buckle in a springform pan, or a 9” spherical pan. You’ll simply want to extend the baking time a little bit. Take a look at the cake for doneness utilizing a toothpick. If it comes out clear, your buckle is baked!

Straightforward Variations

• Change up the fruit. You can also make a buckle utilizing any fruit that’s in season. Use contemporary or frozen blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries. A peach buckle would even be scrumptious in the summertime (peach cobbler vibes, anybody?). I can’t wait to make an apple buckle within the fall!
• Add icing. I often stick to a easy dusting of powdered sugar on high of the buttery crumble. However, if you happen to’d like, drizzle over a easy candy icing just like the one I exploit for my strawberry pound cake.
• Add some spice. As an alternative of lemon zest, heat up the flavors on this strawberry buckle recipe with just a few pinches of floor cinnamon. 

Serving Options

This strawberry buckle makes a straightforward last-minute dessert once we’re anticipating family and friends. It’s nice served with espresso or tea, or you’ll be able to take pleasure in slices with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a tasty summer time deal with. If I’ve leftover strawberries, I’ll flip them into homemade strawberry syrup to drizzle on high!

Retailer

• To retailer. Retailer any leftover strawberry buckle in an hermetic container on the counter for as much as 3 days.
• Freeze. You can even freeze this strawberry cake both entire or in slices. Wrap it tightly with a double layer of plastic wrap and hold it frozen for as much as 2 months. You’ll must defrost the strawberry buckle at room temperature earlier than serving.

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