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Bundt cakes and just all non-frosted cakes are my most made cakes at home. They are great for snacking, great with coffee and tee, social time, you name it. So I love making them for my family. This super moist Blueberry Bundt Cake recipe is so delicious and great for all occasions and only take 5 minutes to prepare.
I use the base recipe of this Blueberry Bundt Cake for almost all my Bundt cake recipes that require fruits or dried fruits and just swap those ingredient to make different types of cakes. My family loves this cake and I’m sure you and yours will too. It’s super easy to remember this recipe!
Looking for other sweet treats? Why not also try my Strawberry French Tart, Flourless Chocolate Tort, and one my most popular cake recipe Pear Cake!
Why you’ll love this Blueberry Bundt Cake recipe
- Super moist. This Bundt cake is super satisfying but has a lightness to it, fluffy, moist and delicious!
- Packed with blueberries. This cake is loaded with fresh blueberries. There’s sweet and tangy burst in every bite. You will never throw your blueberries ever again after trying this recipe.
- An easy Bundt cake recipe. So simple to prep (it’ll take you 5 mins), only a handful of kitchen staples needed.
Blueberry Cake Ingredients
- Flour– I prefer using all purpose flour. I have not tried any gluten free versions or almond flour with this recipe.
- Eggs– use large eggs, any color or type.
- Milk– use whole fat milk because this helps add richness to the cake.
- Sugar– I use granulated white or cane sugar. I have not tested it with artificial sweeteners.
- Canola or Vegetable Oil– if you prefer not to use any of these options, you can use either light tasting olive oil or avocado oil. Something that does not have a flavor.
- Baking Powder-baking powder helps the cake rise.
- Vanilla Extract– I use pure vanilla extract for best flavor.
- Salt-neutralizes the sweetness.
- Blueberries– I use fresh blueberries. Frozen blueberries release more moisture. If you don’t have fresh blueberries, you can use frozen but reduce the quantity to prevent too much moisture in the cake.
- Lemon Zest– This is completely optional. I don’t always use it. But if you are a fan of the lemon, a hint of lemon with blueberries makes a great match.
How to Make Blueberry Bundt Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Make your cake batter: Using an electrical whisk, whisk the eggs, vanilla extract and sugar for 2-3 minutes until the mixture doubles up and becomes light in color and fluffy.
- Wet ingredients: add in the milk and oil and whisk again for another minute.
- Dry ingredients: Add in the flour, baking powder and dash of salt. Whisk for a couple minutes until well incorporated. Turn off the mixer and allow the cake batter to rest for about 5 minutes.
- Add blueberries: Coat the blueberries with some flour. If the blueberries are dry, spray a little with some baking spray and add in the flour. this should help them bond with the flour. Fold in 90% of your blueberries into the cake batter.
- Add the batter to the Bundt pan: Spray the Bundt pan with some baking spray and pour in the batter and top with the remainder of your blueberries.
- Bake: Place you Bundt pan in the oven on the middle rack at 350 F degrees for 50 minutes. Typically you would want to check the cake batter at around 45 minutes with a wooden skewer to make sure it’s not cooked already. Some ovens are different than others.
- Allow to cool: Once the cake has cooled down, transfer to a serving dish and enjoy!
Tips to Make the Best Bundt Cake
- Use a preheated oven.
- Use less blueberries if you like your fruit to be light in the cake.
- Choose small to medium blueberries only. Large blueberries will sink.
- Be sure to toss your blueberries in 1-2 tbsps. of flour before adding them to the batter. This helps keep the blueberries from sinking to the bottom of the pan. You can spray the blueberries with some baking spray to help the flour bond to them, unless they are still a bit wet after washing.
- Alternatively, you can add some batter and then some blueberries, then more batter, and continue doing that for the rest of the batter if you want the blueberries to spread out.
- Spray the Bundt cake with non-stick baking spray and pour in the batter or else it will stick to the pan.
- Always place the pan on the middle rack in the oven.
- Test your Bundt cake with a wooden skewer at around 45 minutes to make sure it’s completely dry before removing the cake from the oven. Based on experience, mine always takes anywhere from 48-50 minutes always. Do not over bake it or it will come out dry.
- Allow the cake to cool at room temperature before serving.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes you can. If using frozen blueberries, don’t thaw them before adding them to the cake. Frozen fruits always release more moisture, so reduce the amount of berries you add in there. Be aware that frozen berries can color some of the batter blue. You’re cake could look a bit different BUT will still taste divine!
For sure, feel free to switch things up! This is a great base recipe to add different berries into. Raspberries, blackberries or strawberries would be lovely too! Even petite diced apples coated in cinnamon would go so well with this recipe.
Always try to get medium or medium-small blueberries. Large blueberries will always sink no matter what. As you see in the photos, mine still sank because the blueberries were huge. If you don’t mine them all in one area, then you shouldn’t have a problem. Don’t forget to try them before to make sure they are not sour.
Test your Bundt cake with a wooden skewer at around 45 minutes to make sure it’s completely dry before removing the cake from the oven. Based on experience, mine always takes anywhere from 48-50 minutes always. Bake an additional 5 minutes at the most for extra cooking if the wooden skewer comes out wet. If its just a little wet, take the cake out and cover with aluminum foil. The cake will continue to cook for a few more minutes out of the oven.
Store any leftover cake in an air tight container, at room temperature (if cool enough) for up to 3 days. If you live in very hot areas, store in an air tight container in the fridge and reheat just a tiny bit before serving.
Yes, you can swap oil for melted butter. However the texture and flavor will be slightly different.
More Dessert Recipes
- Oatmeal Jam Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Banana Baked Oat Cups
- Raspberry Puff Pastry Tart
- Blueberry Breakfast Cake
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Super Moist Blueberry Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups All purpose flour
- 5 whole eggs, large
- 2 cups granulated cane sugar
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil, (avocado or light tasting olive oil work as well)
- 2 tbsps. baking powder, packed
- 2 tbsps. vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 2 cups fresh blueberries, medium or small size
- 2 tbsps. flour, for dusting the blueberries
- 1 cup milk, whole
- ½ tsp. lemon zest, optional
- baking spray, not pam, actual baking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Make your cake batter: Using an electrical whisk, whisk the eggs, vanilla extract and sugar for 2-3 minutes until the mixture doubles up and becomes light in color and fluffy.
- Wet ingredients: add in the milk and oil and whisk again for another minute.
- Dry ingredients: Add in the flour, baking powder and dash of salt. Whisk for a couple minutes until well incorporated. Turn off them mixer and allow the cake batter to rest for about 5 minutes.
- Add blueberries: Coat the blueberries with some flour. If the blueberries are dry, spray a little with some baking spray and add in the flour. this should help them bond with the flour. Fold in 90% of your blueberries into the cake batter.
- Add the batter to the Bundt pan: Spray the Bundt pan with some baking spray and pour in the batter and top with the remainder of your blueberries.
- Bake: Place you Bundt pan in the oven on the middle rack at 350 F degrees for 50 minutes. Typically you would want to check the cake batter at around 45 minutes with a wooden skewer to make sure it's not cooked already. Some ovens are different than others.
- Allow to cool: Once the cake has cooled down, transfer to a serving dish and enjoy!
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Notes
- Use a preheated oven.
- Choose small to medium blueberries only. Large blueberries will sink.
- Be sure to toss your blueberries in 1-2 tbsps. of flour before adding them to the batter. This helps keep the blueberries from sinking to the bottom of the pan. You can spray the blueberries with some baking spray to help the flour bond to them, unless they are still a bit wet after washing.
- Alternatively, you can add some batter and then some blueberries, then more batter, and continue doing that for the rest of the batter if you want the blueberries to spread out.
- Spray the Bundt cake with non-stick baking spray and pour in the batter or else it will stick to the pan.
- Always place the pan on the middle rack in the oven.
- Test your Bundt cake with a wooden skewer at around 45 minutes to make sure it’s completely dry before removing the cake from the oven. Based on experience, mine always takes anywhere from 48-50 minutes always. Do not over bake it or it will come out dry.
- Allow the cake to cool at room temperature before serving.
At 45 minutes it was still gooey. At 50 minutes, I took it off the baking sheet. I think my thick airbake sheet might interfere with heating the center part of the tube. It took 10 more minutes to bake through. I mixed up a quick lemon glaze and it was outstanding!
Yeah the cooking time may vary based on the oven. But it’s always best to add the additional cooking time if that happens. Glad it worked out for you in the end.
On step five do you mean grease the Bundt pan and flour? What does our in the batter mean?
Sorry it’s a typo. It’s supposed to be “pour in” the batter. You can grease it with a baking spray, or old fashion way with oil and a put of dusted flour in the pan.
Hi, can I use a regular cake pan for this recipie.
You could, but the cooking time may be less. Bundt pans usually take longer to bake.
Baked this last night and it was yummy! Took longer to bake than suggested. My guests topped cake with RediWhip.
Thank you Mariaroza for the review. Glad you enjoyed it! I love mine with redi whip too!
I havenโt tried your recipe yet but I was wondering if 2Tbsp of vanilla could possibly be a misprint?
It’s not, I like adding a lot but 1 tbsps. would do it you prefer.
What would be a good topping for this cake? I made it, was delicious! Definitely will make it again, dusting of powdered sugar or drizzle of light lemon glaze? Creme fresh? What would you suggest
Lemon drizzle would work so well with this cake. You can serve some whipped cream or cool whip with it but on the side when you are ready to eat it.
Delicious! Great and easy recipe. It did take about 10 min more in the oven, so just monitor and do the toothpick test as the recipe states.
I made a quick lemon glaze (lemon juice and powdered sugar) for an extra lemony taste.
Yum! the lemon glaze sounds so good with the recipe. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for leaving a review.
I swap out milk, buttermilk, half and half, sour cream, and cream all the time and have always had great success with the swaps. With sour cream or cream I do usually take a tablespoon or two out and add the same amount of milk to thin it a bit.
Thanks for sharing your swaps in the comments! My readers will find it very helpful. Glad you enjoyed the recipe.
I live in high altitude and need to know if and what changes I should make to the patter if any.
can’t wait to try it…Looks so good!
Thanks
Hi ReRe,
I am not sure, but I did see some mentions in the comments above about people saying they were at high altitudes and made it. Please read through them.
Is this recipe still good for a regular vanilla bundt cake without blueberries? Or would you recommend a different recipe?
Hi Isabelle
Yes the base of this recipe works alone or with any fruit you like. You can even mix some of the batter with some chocolate syrup and add it to the pan and make a marbled cake. Itโs very versatile. Add anything you like to it.
Thank you so much for this easy recipe! My cake turned out perfectly! I had to use butter instead of oil. Ran out of oil but it still turned out perfectly. Love the amount of vanilla too.
Hi Shia,
So glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe! Thanks for the review.