The Innkeepers of the Oregon Association of Independent Inns use the freshest, locally grown ingredients when preparing breakfast for our guests. We love our Berries in Oregon! Any one of them could be called our favorite! There is nothing quite as delicious as a berry plucked right from the plant. During July Blueberries are abundant in the Hood River Valley
The Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake is so easy and is always a favorite summer culinary treat at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast. This great crumb-topping coffee cake recipe comes to me via the Hood River County Fruit Loop Cook Book. There are quite a few berry growers along The Loop for u-pick or farm-harvest. We usually get our supply of the dark blue berries high in anti-oxidants and other micro-nutrients from Hood River Organics, the CSA we subscribed to.
What’s a Buckle?
The Buckle is a great crumb-topping coffee cake, light, moist, and filled with blueberries. We serve this hot with tangy yogurt and fresh blueberries for an authentic Northwest Culinary Treat.
Have you ever wondered why this dessert is called a “Buckle”? Buckle is defined as to “bend, warp, bulge, or collapse” which is exactly what happens to a blueberry buckle as it bakes. That is because during the baking of this coffee cake the baking powder in the cake causes the buckle to rise. But with all those fresh Oregon blueberries and crunchy streusel on top of the cake batter, the cake rises, unevenly, thereby giving it that “buckled” look.
Blueberry Buckle
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup flour
2 teas. baking powder
1//2 teas. salt
1/2 teas. nutmeg
1/4 teas. cloves
1 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Topping
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teas. cinnamon
1/4 cup soft butter or margarine
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut shortening into sugar. Add eggs and milk and blend well. Add dry ingredients then gentle fold in blueberries. Pour into greased 9 inch square baking dish. Combine topping ingredients and crumble over batter. Bake 40-45 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched.
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If You Currently Hold an OAII or OBBG Gift Certificate:
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Thank you for supporting Oregon’s Independent Inns and lodging properties over the years. We’re grateful to everyone who has shared the gift of lodging through the OAII Lodging Gift Voucher Program.
As of June 1, 2026, the Oregon Association of Independent (formerly the Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild – OBBG) discontinued the program, and gift certificates are no longer available for sale. However, existing gift certificates remain valid and may still be redeemed.
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