Buckle Up

 A rather bemused gentleman was asking, yesterday, what a

blueberry buckle might be. Clearly, a late summer dessert with

blueberries, but what...

I made one, last night, from a 1980's recipe I have kept on a card.

                                                   

There is a cake layer, at the bottom, with blueberries. On top, more

blueberries in a streussel topping. Sweet and delicious. Although a

'buckle' is the tie on a belt, the verb buckle could be used to describe

a road damaged by heat, or flood. In this cake, the cake looks 'buckled'

from all those blueberries...

BLUEBERRY BUCKLE     375°F                     50-60 min

Cake:

2/3 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/3 cups milk

3 cups blueberries

Topping

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup butter

Sprinkle half the blueberries with topping