Homemade Cinnamon Coffee Cake is one of my favorite comfort foods.
Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe from Scratch
Growing up my parents bought a tasty frozen coffee cake at the grocery store as a special breakfast dessert treat. This is my healthy copycat version!
How to Make Cake with Almond Flour
If you’re wondering how to make cake with almond flour my healthy homemade coffee cake is the answer. This easy cake recipe is made with only six ingredients:
- Almond Flour
- Salt
- Baking Soda
- Coconut Oil
- Honey
- Eggs
You can throw this easy coffee cake recipe together in no time flat. The cinnamon topping has three additional ingredients –coconut sugar, cinnamon, and sliced almonds.
Cake with Almond Flour Recipes
As an aside, I love cake with almond flour because it’s the perfect low carb, rich base for gluten free cakes.
Recipe for Gluten Free Dessert
Like the one we used to buy, this almond flour cake recipe is moist and has a sweet cinnamon streusel topping.
Cinnamon Coffee Cake is absolutely perfect with a cup of my Dandelion Coffee on a lazy weekend morning.
Best Dessert Holiday Recipes
Homemade Cinnamon Coffee Cake is also a great cake recipe for Easter, Christmas, and birthdays. The list goes on and on!
Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2½ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup honey
- 3 large eggs
Topping
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- ½ cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Grease a 9 inch springform pan with coconut oil and dust with almond flour
- In a food processor, combine almond flour, salt, and baking soda
- Pulse in coconut oil, honey, and eggs
- Spread the batter into prepared pan
- To make topping, combine coconut oil, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and sliced almonds in a small bowl
- Sprinkle topping over cake batter
- Bake at 350°F for 25-35 minutes
- Cool and serve
Cake Recipe Healthy for Mother’s Day
My easy cake recipe is also one of the best low carb almond flour recipes for Mother’s Day brunch –it’s a great gift for mom. I love it when the boys make me healthy almond flour cakes!
Kosher for Passover Cake with Almond Flour
This Cinnamon Coffee Cake with almond flour is also Kosher for Passover because like all of my recipes, it doesn’t contain chametz.
Gluten Free Cake Recipe from Scratch
I created this Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe by adapting it from one pioneered in my first book, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, which I wrote back in 2008.
This book still sells like hotcakes, pardon the expression. Both coffee cake recipes are gluten free, dairy free almond flour recipes.
The Best Coffee Cake Recipe – But Where’s The Coffee?
American coffee cake is a tender cake with a rich topping baked into it. This type of coffee cake rarely, if ever, contains coffee.
It’s called coffee cake because it’s typically served at breakfast, or in the afternoon, along with coffee.
We often serve Cinnamon Coffee Cake for dessert after a festive meal. If you’re interested in coffee cake muffins, check out my Nut Free Pumpkin Coffee Cake Muffins.
Easy Recipes for Dessert
This Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe is so versatile you can use it for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner.
So many uses for one phenomenal recipe have made it super popular –it’s been shared on social media over forty thousand times!
Here are a couple other easy recipes for dessert:
Breakfast Ideas That Are Easy
In need of breakfast recipes that are easy, healthy, and delicious? Below are some of my favorites that are also great for brunch, lunch, or dinner.
A Fruit Salad Recipe
My Fruit Salad recipe is one of those super simple crowd pleasers. It’s a recipe for fruit salad that everyone loves!
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Since we’re all about simple cake recipes, I wanted to share the Blueberry Coffee Cake recipe from my third book Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry.
Like my Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe from scratch, it’s a fan favorite.
Apple Cake with Cinnamon
Cinnamon is one of my favorite super spices because it helps regulate blood sugar. My Easy Apple Cake recipe contains cinnamon, making it not just easy and delicious, but healthier too.
Made with an almond butter base, this is a great cake recipe for Easter, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and more casual get togethers.
My recipe for Homemade Whipped Cream is the delicious topping you see in the photo above.
The Best Breakfast with Eggs Ideas: Recipe for Huevos Rancheros
My Huevos Rancheros recipe is a family favorite breakfast recipe in this house!
Breakfast Ideas with Eggs and Breakfast Sausage Recipe
Above is one of my favorite breakfast ideas with eggs from Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry.
This Frittata recipe pairs perfectly with my Breakfast Sausage and Salsa Verde recipes, also found in the book.
Breakfast Ideas Vegan
My favorite breakfast that’s vegan? Pumpkin Cranberry Granola. Here are a couple of others:
Breakfast Ideas Healthy Easy
I hope you love these healthy brunch and breakfast ideas as much as we do!
I’ve included dishes like my fruit salad recipe, breakfast sausage recipe, and more, to set you up with some super easy healthy recipes to make over the holidays and anytime!
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared this Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe in March 2015.
Jillian says
When I was little we used to get a Sara Lee pecan coffee cake as a special treat. LOL. They taste terrible to me now, but I am going to make your delicious recipe with pecans added in homage to that memory. Thanks!
Elana says
Jillian, I hope you love it as much as we do :-)
Kathy says
I am a diabetic and cannot use the honey, therefore, what would you recommend for replacement?
Elana says
Kathy, I haven’t tried making this with something in place of the honey so not sure. Here’s a link to my Low-Carb Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/low-carb/
Enjoy!
Elana
Judy says
When
I make this yummy coffee cake, I replace the honey with organic coconut sugar and it has turned out great.
Glycemic index on coconut sugar is 35 and safe for diabetics.
Enjoy
Judy
Lori Carroll says
Do to some major Heath issues I have been introduced to ur site. Only problem I am having is I don’t own a food processor and no money to buy one at the moment.. Any way to get over that bump? The cost alone to change my diet isomer thing but can’t afford a food processor as well.
Elana says
Lori, so nice to meet you! I recommend getting a used food processor at a thrift store or online.
Heather says
Hi, I just made this using a whisk. Came out fine. You’re probably fine without a food processor unless you need to combine something that isn’t already ground up, like dates for lara bars. I’ve used my electric blender for some recipes, but often look for easier recipes. :-) HC
Aly says
Hi, I’ve been making Elana’s recipes without a food processor (beating everything manually the old-fashioned way:-) and they’ve turned out great.
Karen says
Hi! Made this today and it was absolutely delicious! Do you happen to know the nutritional breakdown ? Thanks!
Elana says
Hi Karen, here’s a link with more info on that:
https://elanaspantry.com/nutrition-information/
Elana
Lillian M. Russell says
Not sure where to ask my question, but I would like to know how much 2 1/2 cups of almond flour should weigh? Thanks so much. Lillian
Elana says
Lillian, I haven’t had any success weighing the ingredients for my recipes. Sorry I can’t be of help :-)
Kathy says
This is a great recipe! I made it last year when it was featured in the newsletter and it was really good. My mother is coming for dinner tomorrow, I’m making parsnip chowder with bacon. I was thinking I needed some more protein, then also thinking dessert would be nice. This fantastic cake is the right answer, complete with delicious percolator coffee.
Elizabeth See says
My son choose to make this cake for his 7th grade FACS (Family and Consumer Sciences) class. He had to do it all by himself, including pricing out each ingredient and getting a cost per serving, which by the way is $1.54 per serving. Even though he’s really not into baking, he enjoyed it and loved the end product! Thanks for an EASY and tasty dessert!
Elana says
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for your fantastic comment! My boys and I spent the afternoon in the kitchen yesterday baking apple crisp and apple pie, and I told them about your son and his project. We were all so impressed :-)
Petra says
Amazing! Everyone loved it.
Elana says
Thanks Petra! We think it’s amazing too :-)
Irene says
why is it called cinnamon coffee cake when there is no coffee in it???
Elana says
Petra, in the US, coffee cake doesn’t have coffee as part of the ingredients. We call it coffee cake because we serve it with coffee or tea :-)
agnes g gordon says
will make it TODAY!!!!!thanks for the recipe,my OMa Goldberg used to make them and I really miss them!
Nicky Roberts says
Hi there Elana, indeed dairy is part of Paleo , we have been following the Paleo lifestyle for three years now and Paleo Primal does include dairy in the diet. One can also use coconut milk in stead of dairy for those purest out there or a cashew nut milk, it is both seasy to make :) . Thanks for your great recipes, love them all . Kind regards, Nicky Roberts Cape Town , South Africa .
Elana says
Great points Nicky! Here’s a link to my nut-milk recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/nut-milk-recipes/
Enjoy!
Elana
Rosita says
Ok so I made this because I just LOVE EVERYTHING Elana posts. You are the Queen of Almond Flour baking. Thank you yet again for sharing, my brother is wheat intolerant and loves to snack on home made goodies. Thank you also for highlighting the ingredients so it’s easy to find them on the web. I have followed you and your family posts for years, you’re a wonderful wife and mother…God Bless you Elana and I pray for your good health and continued success.
Elana says
Thanks Rosita! So glad you are enjoying the Cinnamon Coffee Cake and my other recipes :-)
Alicia says
Elana, you are an absolute baking genius! Thank you so much for all of the amazing recipes you create. This one was one of my favorites but every recipe I’ve used from your site has been awesome. Can’t thank you enough. I tell everyone about your site. Keep it up!
Elana says
Hi Alicia, you are very welcome, this is one of our favorite recipes too :-)