With a light texture somewhere between a cake and a muffin…
Whole grain, and with very little oil or sugar, this blueberry cake bread is decadent enough for dessert yet healthy enough for breakfast. Eat it plain, or try topping it with your favorite nut butter, Earth Balance, or Coconut Butter.
Blueberry Muffin Bread
Inspired by: Healthy Blueberry Muffins
- 2 cups spelt, all-purpose, or Bob’s gf flour (250g)
- 1/2 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon, optional
- If using gf flour, add 1 tsp guar gum
- 1/2 cup xylitol or sugar of choice (100g)
- pinch stevia or 2 extra tbsp sugar
- 1 cup milk of choice (240g)
- 1 tbsp white or apple cider vinegar (15g)
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil (30g)
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries (200g)
Preheat the oven to 350 F, and grease a 9×5 loaf pan. In a large measuring bowl, stir together the first 7 ingredients (plus guar gum, if using). In a separate measuring bowl, whisk together all liquid ingredients except the blueberries. Pour wet into dry, stir until just evenly combined, then add the blueberries and VERY gently stir them in only until evenly mixed. Do not over-stir, as this would break the blueberries and you’d end up with purple bread. Pour into the loaf pan and bake 45 minutes on the middle rack. Do not open the door, but turn off the oven and let the bread sit inside the oven for another 30 minutes. For troubleshooting with this (or any) recipe, see my Recipe FAQ page at the top of the blog. Makes 10 big, fat slices.
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Question of the Day:
Are you a fan of blueberries?
Normally when I buy a container of fresh blueberries, they are gone within a day… or maybe within an hour. They never even make it into a recipe!
Link of the Day: Banana Pudding Recipe
Norma says
One question before I make this–I don’t have a loaf pan–normally bake all my goodies in a 9×13 glass pan–can you tell me what the changes will be to fill this dish for my friends?
Marilyn Bramoweth says
Please email me your new recipes. I love your blog. I live in Scottsdale Arizona.
Jay says
Katie, the cake looks heavenly and I’d really like to give it a try… just one question though: I don’t have vinegar on hand and I’m planning to use my favourite coconut-based milk substitute (not actual coconut milk)… would it ruin the recipe if I left out the vinegar?
Shira says
Thanks for the Great recipe! I decided to make a couple substitutions and hope for the best. And it still turned out delish
1. Frozen blueberries (straight from freezer)
2. Folded berries into dry ingredients before combining with wet to keep them from bleeding and breaking, whihc works well
3. Had to use vanilla almond milk so I used about 1/2 the amount of vanilla extract the recipe calls for
4. Used half AP flour and half whole wheat flour
5. Omitted the optional cinnamon
6. Used only 1/2 cup sugar without the pinch of stevia or extra bit of sugar simply because we like things a touch less sweet at my house 🙂
I was nervous that it would be dry because the batter was thick and didn’t really pour, plus I had never done the technique of turning off oven and leaving baked good inside
Like I said — this is a great recipe — definitely a keeper!!!!!!
Patrick Goudeau says
I tried making this twice and had no luck either time? 1st time was my fault and the second time I followed the recipe exactly as noted on your Instagram page? Is the recipe flour specific? The color of each cake was way off and the texture wasn’t even close to cake-like? HELP!!!!!!!!!
Julie Dove says
Not sure why you are asking this question again. I already answered it the first time you left it.
Patrick says
Julie is your reply is to me, I never received a comment from my first post, which has now been deleted, and that’s why I asked the same question again.
Julie Dove says
Comment and reply still exist https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/faq-page/press/comment-page-7/#comment-3665290
Patrick says
Thanks, but not much of an answer. I used baking powder the second time and the results were even worse.
Lily says
Can confirm, this recipe works with SR flour minus the baking powder. Also baked it with a half-filled pan of water at the bottom of the oven and I believe it made the loaf even moister :))
thank you for the recipe, it was delicious!
Cassie says
I made this and it was really good but I feel like it’s missing something. I just don’t know what. I’ll make it again..
Maddie says
I made this for my family and they loved it- so moist and not overly sweet! I sprinkled extra sugar on top for an added crunch too. The loaf was gone by the end of the night. I plan to try making your zucchini cake this weekend and see if it is just as popular. Thank you for this amazing blog, Katie!
Vanessa says
Made this last night with some fresh blueberry sauce (I can only post one photo though?) I only had some kind of maple / similar sugar so it’s a bit darker colored, but my family seems okay with it 🙂
Vanessa says
Another picture, fresh out of the oven!
Vanessa says
And the sauce I randomly come up with to soak into it 🙂
Okay enough fun back to programming!
Jason Sanford says
Love the photos!
Kayla says
Made this with gf flour and baked in a bundt pan – was delish!!!
Tamara says
I loved the taste. Made it today and really enjoyed the flavor. I did not add the cinnamon and was a little concerned because of the texture. It was a little thick and I wasn’t sure if it this was going to turn out like it was supposed to (not that I really knew, but I thought the mixture should have been a little less thick). The blueberry’s folded into the batter so I went with it. It wasn’t quite a muffin or quite bread to me but had a delicious taste. I thought it was going to be sweet using the stevia but to my surprise it was perfect, not as sweet as I thought. Thanks Katie, I will definitely make this again.