Blueberry Snack Cake - an old fashioned favourite!

Blueberry Snack Cake. An easy to make, moist, buttery snack cake with plenty of ripe blueberries baked right in. Great for packed lunches and after school snacks.

Originally posted on the very first day Rock Recipes went online, September 25, 2007.

I cannot count the hundreds of times I have made this simple, moist, delicious, buttery little snack cake with an abundance of wild Newfoundland blueberries baked right in.

A terrific addition to any brown bag lunch, it is indeed more of a blueberry snack cake. However, we often had it as a duff with Sunday dinner when I was a kid here in Newfoundland.

Sometimes we still do. I often substitute local partridgeberries or bakeapples (lingonberries or cloudberries) to make other delicious versions.

Variations on the recipe.

I've also used one of my favourites, fresh raspberries, with great success. I love the way fruits like raspberries leave little jammy pockets in the cake.

Raisins are another popular substitution for the blueberries. Also, your favorite dried fruit, like apricots or cherries would be delicious too. Just be sure to cut them small enough; about the size of large raisins is about right.

Dress it up!

This humble little blueberry cake also dresses up nicely as a luscious comfort food dessert. Try serving it warm from the oven with warm vanilla custard.

If you liked this simple cake, there are plenty more ideas like this in our Cakes and Pies Category.

There's also a Lemon Blueberry Drizzle Cake version of this recipe which is incredibly delicious. Be sure to check that one out too.  

Love homemade cakes from scratch? We've put together a collection of the 25 Most Baked Cakes of the last 12 years on Rock Recipes. You are sure to find several to love.

For a more traditional Newfoundland pudding recipe, you may want to try our decades old family recipe for Figgy Duff.

You can easily substitute blueberries in that recipe too, as we very often do.

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Yield: 9 or more servings

Blueberry Snack Cake – a.k.a. Baked Newfoundland Blueberry Duff

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Blueberry Snack Cake - an easy to make, moist, buttery snack cake with plenty of ripe blueberries baked right in. Great for packed lunches and after school snacks.

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4.4 Stars (38 Reviews)

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries. (See notes below if using frozen berries.)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9x9 inch baking pan well.
2. Line the bottom and two sides with a sheet of parchment paper. This will help lift the cooled cake out of the pan in one piece for easier and more even cutting. It also saves your pan from being scratched by a knife as happens when cutting servings directly from the pan.
3. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beat in the vanilla extract.
6. Measure the flour, then take 2 tablespoon out and toss with the blueberries This helps keep them from sinking to the bottom when baking.
7. Sift together the remaining flour and baking powder.
8. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. In general, I add the dry ingredients in 3 portions and the milk in 2 additions.
9. Quickly fold in the floured blueberries.
10. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
11. Bake at 325 degrees F in a 9 inch well greased square pan for about 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
12. See notes for using frozen berries.

Notes

• This recipe can also be baked in an 8x8 inch pan to give the cake more height.
• The recipe can also be multiplied by 1 ½ times and still baked in a 9x9 pan for a higher rising cake and more servings.
• That method was used in the new photos shown. I generally increase the temperature to 350 degrees F in that case and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.
• Always trust the wooden toothpick test more than suggested time.

Using frozen blueberries.recipe

• I've used frozen berries hundreds of times in this recipe.
• Measure your blueberries in a small bowl,
• Quickly toss them in the 2 tablespoon flour directed in the recipe and IMMEDIATELY return the bowl and berries to the freezer.
• Keep the berries in the freezer until the very last second when they are gwentoy hand folded into the batter.. Do not overfold/overmix or you will toughen the batter and the resulting cake.
• This step helps to prevent the colour if frozen berries from bleeding into the paler cake batter, making for a much nicer presentation when serving.
• The baking time can vary, especially if you use frozen berries. In that case it may take 10 or even 15 minutes more to bake. The toothpick test is the best way to ensure that this cake is fully baked.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1 serving
Amount Per Serving Calories 302Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 71mgSodium 220mgCarbohydrates 43gFiber 1gSugar 19gProtein 5g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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