Blueberry Buckle

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 4 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon clove, ground
• 4 cups blueberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter

Recipe

• 1 in large mixing bowl, cream together sugar and shortening, then blend in eggs.
• 2 stir in milk, then sift in baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. stir batter til smooth.
• 3 fold in blueberries. (i usually use frozen blueber ries, and add them into the batter frozen. if you thaw then add, you'll end up with purple cake!)
• 4 spread batter into a greased and floured 9" x 13" pan.
• 5 for topping, in smaller mixing bowl, blend sugar, flour, and cinnamon.
• 6 blend in softened butter or margarine, making a struesel-type mixture. sprinkle crumb mixture evenly on top of batter.
• 7 place pan in oven preheated to 375 degrees and bake for 1 hour or until buckle tests done when tested with a toothpick (pick inserted and pulled from cake will not come out wet). blueberry buckle keeps well and is best served warm.