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 surface 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 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:

• Tender and buttery. This strawberry buckle recipe has all the benefit of a cobbler, with the smooth and buttery crumb of an ultra-moist espresso cake. 
• Made in a skillet. The thick batter is studded with chopped contemporary strawberries and bakes up simply in a skillet. It leaves the perimeters crispy whereas holding the within moist and tender.
• Simple 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 may make this strawberry buckle with only a few pantry elements. Beneath are some notes. Scroll to the recipe card after the publish for a printable checklist with quantities.

• Butter – Dropped at room temperature. You can too exchange butter with oil in case you’d like.
• Dry Elements – All-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. I exploit granulated sugar, however you can too 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 – Non-compulsory, however I like contemporary lemon zest alongside the strawberry flavors on this dessert.
• Milk – You need to use complete milk, 2% milk, or a dairy-free various if wanted.
• Strawberries – Washed, hulled, and coarsely chopped. I lower every berry into quarters for bigger chunks. You can too make this cake with frozen strawberries, simply make sure you 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 exploit for my blueberry cobbler bread and crumb cake recipes.

Learn how to Make a Strawberry Buckle

This strawberry buckle comes collectively very simply and it bakes up deliciously crisp and tender in my forged iron skillet, which I like. Observe this simple step-by-step, and bear 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, lower collectively the crumble elements. 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?

If you happen to 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 somewhat. Take a look at the cake for doneness utilizing a toothpick. If it comes out clear, your buckle is baked!

Simple Variations

• Change up the fruit. You may 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 follow 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 exploit for my strawberry pound cake.
• Add some spice. As a substitute of lemon zest, heat up the flavors on this strawberry buckle recipe with a couple of pinches of floor cinnamon. 

Serving Strategies

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 do-it-yourself strawberry syrup to drizzle on prime!

Learn how 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 preserve it frozen for as much as 2 months. You’ll have to defrost the strawberry buckle at room temperature earlier than serving.

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