Strawberry Buckle | Cookies and Cups

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

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Why You’ll Love This Strawberry Buckle Recipe

This strawberry buckle is lots like a espresso cake, baked with juicy contemporary berries in order that the cake falls or “buckles” beneath the burden 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:

• Comfortable and buttery. This strawberry buckle recipe has all the convenience of a cobbler, with the tender 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 holding 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!

Components You’ll Want

You can also make this strawberry buckle with only a few pantry components. Beneath are some notes. Scroll to the recipe card after the publish for a printable listing with quantities.

• Butter – Delivered to room temperature. You can too change butter with oil in case you’d like.
• Dry Components – All-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. I take advantage of granulated sugar, however you too can use gentle brown sugar.
• Vanilla and Eggs – Just like the butter, I like to recommend letting the eggs come to room temperature. You’ll additionally need to use actual vanilla and never imitation.
• Lemon Zest – Optionally available, however I like contemporary lemon zest alongside the strawberry flavors on this dessert.
• Milk – You should utilize complete milk, 2% milk, or a dairy-free various if wanted.
• Strawberries – Washed, hulled, and coarsely chopped. I reduce every berry into quarters for bigger chunks. You can too make this cake with frozen strawberries, simply remember to allow them to thaw absolutely and pat them dry with paper towels.
• Crumble – The crumble topping is simple to make with butter, flour, brown sugar, and a pinch of salt. It’s the identical streusel topping that I take advantage of for my blueberry cobbler bread and crumb cake recipes.

The right way to 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, reduce 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?

Should you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, you possibly can nonetheless make this strawberry buckle in a springform pan, or a 9” spherical pan. You’ll simply want to extend the baking time a bit. Check 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 normally stick to a easy dusting of powdered sugar on prime of the buttery crumble. However, in case you’d like, drizzle over a easy candy icing just like the one I take advantage of for my strawberry pound cake.
• Add some spice. As an alternative of lemon zest, heat up the flavors on this strawberry buckle recipe with a number of pinches of floor cinnamon. 

Serving Ideas

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 possibly can get pleasure from slices with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a tasty summer season deal with. If I’ve leftover strawberries, I’ll flip them into homemade strawberry syrup to drizzle on prime!

The right way to Retailer

• To retailer. Retailer any leftover strawberry buckle in an hermetic container on the counter for as much as 3 days.
• Freeze. You can too freeze this strawberry cake both complete or in slices. Wrap it tightly with a double layer of plastic wrap and maintain 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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