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.
Kim says
How would I make this Keto? Can I replace the honey and coconut sugar with Swerve? If so, in what portions?
Elana says
Kim, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here’s a link to my Keto Recipes Page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/keto/
Enjoy!
Elana
Tracy says
Should the coconut oil be melted? or left solid?
Elana says
Tracy, it will work either way :-)
Kellie Franz says
So yummy. Thank you so much for this recipe. I mixed all ingredients with a whisk and I doubled it and baked it in a 9×13 pan. It turned out perfect. It is moist and cake-y. You can’t tell it’s a grain free recipe. I will be making this again and again!
Elana says
Kellie, so glad to hear that this was perfect :-)
Farah says
Just tried this recipe for coffee cake over the weekend and it is super delicious! I am pre-diabetic and looking for alternate low carb, low sugar recipes. FYI, I substituted date paste for honey and the cake turned out light and fluffy
Thanks Elana for your efforts here!
Elana says
Farah, you’re welcome! Glad to hear this is super delicious!
Lily says
I just made this recipe, and it came out perfectly! One of my siblings, who is usually really picky when it comes to things baked with almond flour, asked for seconds, and my other siblings are crying for more :) Thanks so much for this delicious treat!!
Elana says
Lily, they cried for more?! That’s awesome :-)
Tatsiana says
Could you please let me know what size baking dish you used? Is it stainless steel? Can glass baking dish be used? Thank you! I LOVE your website!!!
Elana says
Tatsiana, if you click on the green words “cake pan” in the instructions portion of the recipe you will be given that info :-)
Yvonne says
Hi Elana, I love so many of your recipes, but I was wondering about the type of pan you used. I do not see the words “muffin cups” anywhere in the recipe. It just says to grease and flour a 9″ round metal baking dish. Since I don’t ever use aluminum pans, all I have is glass. Would that work in this recipe?
Elana says
Yvonne, This is a cake recipe and does not use “muffin cups,” perhaps you are looking for this muffin recipe:
https://elanaspantry.com/nut-free-pumpkin-crumb-muffins/
Enjoy!
Elana
Lisa says
Hi Elana,
I just made this and it is delicious! My question/concern is that this did not rise very much. I live at a high altitude and was wondering if I need to adjust something to help it rise more. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help!
Lisa
Elana says
Lisa, most likely due to the pan sized used. When your pan is larger than the one I use, this will spread out and lose its height :-)
Marymargaret Goldsmith says
Cinnabon has nothing on this! Made a little butter icing to top it off and YEAH!! being grain free and allergic to eggs Almond Flour recipes are for us and AquaFaba for eggs it was just delicious. Granddaughter who is 11 and a future chef came in this morning wants the recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Elana says
Marymargaret, so glad you enjoyed this :-)
Ruthie says
Made the cake this morning before having my morning cup of coffee and accidentally put in 1/2 cup of browned butter ( subbed in for coconut oil) instead of 1/4 so I only used a 1/4 cup of honey to account for the extra liquid! I ran out of almond flour and used teff flour for the remainder 1/2 cup I needed, I was determined to have coffee cake this morning! It’s still came out great. , I don’t think you can mess this one up! Was a delicious start to our weekend. Thanks!
Elana says
Ruthie, thanks for you wonderful comment and so glad to hear you enjoyed the cake!
Alisha says
Do you think this could be made vegan by using flaxseed and water instead of eggs?? Not sure how much it would take away from the flavor, texture, and moisture of the cake?? Thank you!
Elana says
Hi Alisha, I haven’t had success in finding a replacement for eggs in my recipes. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes!