Blueberry Muffin Cake
Blueberry Muffin Cake Recipe – This simple and sweet blueberry cake recipe is loaded with blueberries and lemon zest, and topped with a buttermilk glaze and crispy crumbly oats.
Fresh Blueberry Muffin Cake Recipe
As we get closer and closer to berry season, my cravings for bright and tangy nutrient-packed berries is uncontainable.
I want them on cereal, in smoothies, in salads, in sauces, but most of all, in dessert. And I like to pretend that adding berries makes everything I eat super healthy.
Let’s just go with it.
Along the lines of healthy… Sometimes I want dessert for breakfast. Other times I want breakfast for dessert. Today’s recipe is an either-or recipe, I like to call Blueberry Muffin Cake.
What Ingredients Are In Blueberry Muffin Cake
This bundt cake recipe is a blueberry cake with the rich and tangy elements of a good blueberry muffin recipe, like buttermilk and lemon zest.
Then I topped the cake with a creamy buttermilk glaze and crumbled brown sugar oat topping, similar to streusel-topped muffins!
Here are the ingredients you need to make our Blueberry Muffin Cake Recipe:
- Unsalted butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Buttermilk
- Lemon zest
- Fresh blueberries
For the Buttermilk Glaze:
- Buttermilk
- Powdered sugar
To Make the Oat Crumble Topping:
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Flour
- Oats
- Sliced almonds
The Best Blueberry Cake Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a standard 12-cup bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray and sprinkle lightly with flour. This is SUPER important to do thoroughly so that your cake doesn’t stick to the bundt pan.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Then beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Turn the mixer on low and slowly add the flour and buttermilk, alternating each, until all incorporated. Finally, beat in the lemon zest before turning the mixer off.
- Use a spoon to stir in half the blueberries. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and sprinkle the remaining blueberries over the top. NOTE: Your blueberries will sink if your batter is thin.
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for at least 20 minutes before flipping out onto a cooling rack.
As with all bundt cakes, make sure to give the blueberry cake plenty of time to rest and cool in the pan before flipping it out onto a cooling rack. There’s nothing worse than flipping a cake too early and watching the top pull completely off, stuck to the pan.
DO NOT try flipping the cake any earlier than 20 minutes, or the cake will stick. Promise! Waiting 30+ minutes is safer.
Get the Complete (Printable) Blueberry Muffin Cake Recipe + VIDEO Below. Enjoy!
How to Make Oatmeal Streusel
Once the cake is cooling on the rack, mix the oat crumble.
Add all the ingredients to a small bowl, and pinch with your fingers to blend the ingredients and break into small pieces.
Sprinkle the mixture over a baking sheet and bake in the heated oven for 5-10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet before proceeding.
Delicious Buttermilk Glaze
For the glaze, whisk the buttermilk and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and immediately sprinkle the oat crumble over the top of the cake before the glaze dries.
Dripping with tangy berry goodness?? I’m getting giddy just thinking about this blueberry cake!
The crumbly oat and nut top, tender decadent cake crumb, and dark juicy blueberries are simply more than I can bear. See how the berries are bursting out of the surface?
It’s the perfect no-fuss cake to pack for spring and summer picnics, take to barbecues, and make for no reason whatsoever.
So whether you’re in the mood for breakfast, dessert, or both, make sure to give this Blueberry Cake a good ol’ try!
Try This Bundt Cake Recipe with Different Berries
You can definitely try this cake with berries of your choice!
This recipe would be super yummy with fresh strawberries or raspberries. Let me know how it goes in the comments below!
Can Blueberry Cake Be Made Gluten-Free?
Yes! I recommend a 1-to-1 gluten-free baking mix for this blueberry bundt cake recipe.
How Can I Make This Blueberry Muffin Cake Dairy-Free and Vegan?
Swap the buttermilk for coconut milk with a splash of lemon juice for that nice tangy flavor with no dairy.
To make vegan as well, use your favorite plant-based butter alternative and substitute the eggs in the cake recipe for a total of 2 tablespoons of powdered flax seeds combined with 6 tablespoons of water.
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Blueberry Muffin Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the Blueberry Cake:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose Gold Medal flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 2 lemons, zested
- 1 pound fresh blueberries
For the Buttermilk Glaze:
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
For the Oat Crumble Topping:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons oats
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
Instructions
- For the blueberry cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a standard 12-cup bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray and sprinkle lightly with flour. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Then beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Turn the mixer on low and slowly add the flour and buttermilk, alternating each, until all incorporated. Finally, beat in the lemon zest before turning the mixer off. Use a spoon to stir in half the blueberries.
- Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and sprinkle the remaining blueberries over the top. Bake for 60-80 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center, comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for at least 20 minutes before flipping out onto a cooling rack. DO NOT try flipping the cake any earlier than 20 minutes, or the cake will stick. Promise! Waiting 30+ minutes is safer.
- Once the cake is cooling on the rack, mix the oat crumble. Add all the ingredients to a small bowl and pinch with your fingers to blend the ingredients and break into small pieces. Sprinkle the mixture over a baking sheet and bake in the heated oven for 5-10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet before proceeding.
- For the glaze, whisk the buttermilk and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and immediately sprinkle the oat crumble over the top of the cake before the glaze dries.
Made this a couple times and it still hasn’t come out right. Definitely not a pound of blueberries but still delicious all the same
What a beautiful cake! LOVE the oat crumble!
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This looks delicious! I’m going to make this today. What kind of oats do you recommend?
I made this for work as my hubbs does not like blueberries and knowing I could easily eat this all myself. Every once in a while you make a bundt cake and the crown sticks to the top…sadly this was that time for me. So I had to improvise on presentation…I took the whole cake, sliced it into beautiful wedges and layered it on a long narrow glass platter. Drizzled the glazed zig zagged all over the top and scattered the crumbles over the top and ta-da..beautiful cake. Best part was i did not have to wait to cut into it and taste it while waiting for everyone at work to take some. Great Recipe, great flavor and super easy to make. Thank you for sharing.
Made this cake. Absolutely incredible. Even without the glaze and the topping this cake was gone in 12 hours!!
I am headed to the store for the ingredients I don’t have. I just picked a pound of fresh blueberries from the bush by the garden. I know this will be as good as it looks. Thanks for the recipe! :)
Just letting you know I featured your recipe on my blog – I look forward to trying it soon!
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Just made it this morning, and it is almost half gone! Delicious!
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This is one of the most gorgeous cakes I’ve seen! I’ve been on a huge blueberry kick, too, so this is calling my name!
Made this. Loved it. Sharing it on Facebook tomorrow morning!
It has fruit in it, so it’s healthy, right? We’ll just say yes. :-)
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Sold. I’d like a slice with my morning coffee first thing tomorrow morning. I’d better get baking!
Such a great cake, I’m in love with the streusel topping!
Love the addition of the streusel topping on a bundt. Great idea.
I was looking for a blueberry muffin recipe and found this cake. It looks wonderful and love your site. Going to make it today for my kids!