Sweet ★ Honey ★ Buckle with Blueberries (A Beyoncé-Inspired Dessert)

Wishing a very Happy Beyoncé Birthday to all who celebrate! To celebrate, we’re making my Sweet ★ Honey ★ Buckle with Blueberries – a delicious nod to her “Sweet ★ Honey ★ Buckin’” from Cowboy Carter. The base is a honey- and lemon-tinged sponge, topped with a pint of juicy blueberries mixed with finely diced crystallized ginger (a sweet-heat combo I fell in love with last year while making a recipe with a blueberry-ginger sauce). Over it all goes a buttery brown sugar crumble that makes this my new favorite blueberry dessert. While it’s tempting to dig in hot from the oven, it’s even better once cooled to room temp, when the flavors have had time to mingle. And I’d highly recommend finishing it with a drizzle of honey and a non-negotiable sprinkle of flaky sea salt. This recipe was also the very first tested by so many of you – thank you! Hearing how it baked up in your kitchens (and that ginger was a polarizing addition ) made this such a fun learning experience. Really wishing we…