Wild Blueberry Breakfast Loaf

Inflation has officially hit blueberries; they’re charging $75 at my favourite fancy grocery in Huntsville! While our property is abundant with wild raspberries and strawberries we’ve yet to find the elusive Muskoka wild blueberry on our land so we’re stuck purchasing ours, for now (pro tip: the health food store in Parry sound has the best prices we’ve seen).

This year I committed to a full basket so we’ve been thoroughly enjoying using up our precious stash. We have cups vacuum sealed & frozen for colder weather, many many blueberries smoothies & fresh blueberry jam but the standout was this lovely wild blueberry breakfast loaf. I was originally hoping to create a blueberry coffee cake recipe but this one turned out so deliciously moist (ew, haha) it didn’t feel right calling it a cake, so meet blueberry breakfast loaf – coffee cakes wetter (ew again) better cousin.

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Wild Blueberry Breakfast Loaf

Gluten-free & dairy-free, this loaf makes for the perfect summer breakfast and allows the delicate flavour of local blueberries to really shine! 

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1/2 cup yoghurt
• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup nut or oat milk
• 2 cups gluten-free baking flour or spelt flour
• 1 cup oats
• 1 cup wild blueberries 
• 1/2 tsp each baking soda + baking powder
• 3/4 cup maple syrup

Crumble Topping Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup gf or spelt flour
• 1/4 cup oats
• 1/4 + 2 tbs sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 tsp sea salt 

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl whisk together the apple sauce, eggs, milk, vanilla bean paste + yoghurt then add the wet mixture to the dry. Mix until well incorporated then fold in the wild blueberries. Pour batter into an oiled loaf pan or shallow square baking dish. Mash together the crumble ingredients then sprinkle evenly on top of the cake / loaf, bake for 55 - 60 minutes until top is golden and the inside is cooked through.

I haven’t fully given up on picking our own and will be keeping my eye out around conifer trees and on open spaces like rock barrens & younger forests.