Cherry Buckle is seriously an amazing summer dessert. Not just because of the wonderful taste, but because you’ll get to use fresh summer fruits, like these sweet cherries.

Creamy peach cobbler with whipped cream dessert on white plate.

Tips & Tricks

If baking from frozen, add about 10 to 15 minutes extra cooking time.
Enjoy the best that the fruit stand has to offer and make about 10 different kinds of this buckle. You will be a popular person with whomever you make it for.

Fresh baking ingredients including eggs, butter, cherries, milk, and vanilla extract on a wooden countertop.

Why the Cherry Buckle Is The Perfect Summer Dessert

When the summer fruit starts arriving at the fruit stand I cannot help myself, I have to make a buckle. I love this simple and rustic dessert. It is a great recipe to have in your arsenal because you can use any kind of fruit that you happen to have around, I always have the ingredients in my pantry and it freezes like a dream. When I make one, I usually make another to keep in the freezer for another night. I buy a few foil pans and wrap them well and they keep for a few months. Blueberries, raspberries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, all are delicious in the buckle.

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Why is it Called a Buckle?

I don’t really know. I looked it up and the difference between cobbler, buckle, betty, and grunt are sort of unclear. Buckles usually have a cake-like layer. Some have a crumb topping and in this case, not. Although, it did give me an idea to add a crumb topping like the one that I used for my Meyer Lemon Crumb Cake recipe. How delicious would that be? I topped this buckle with my brown sugar ice cream. A scoop of vanilla ice cream or some fresh whipped cream would be heavenly on this also.

Creamy cherry cobbler with whipped cream on a white plate, baked dessert recipe from Baked Bree.

I should also mention that this make a delicious breakfast. Not that I would know, of course.

Creamy cherry cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream, served on a white plate.

Cherry Buckle Cake (Perfect Summer Dessert)

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Additional Time 15

Total Time 1 10

Course desserts

Cuisine baking

Servings

Calories 422 kcal

Ingredients

1 stick butter room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 3/4 cups fruit or 1 pint

Instructions

Pit these little babies. I use a cherry pitter. Which is also very handy to pit olives.
On to the batter. Cream together butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. About 3 minutes.
Add the eggs one at a time until well mixed.
Add the remaining ingredients until just combined.
Add the cherries to a buttered, 2 quart baking dish.
Cover the cherries with the batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
It will come out all beautiful and golden brown. Let it cool for about 15-20 minutes before serving.
Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar. Or my favorite way, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.