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.
Frederique says
I have found that each time I introduce cow dairy – on a regular basis- in my diet, it promotes an inflammatory state : joint hurts, tiredness, allergies always come back (between other symptoms). I know I need to be more discilplined and give up dairy, but as a French woman living in a country where you can eat a different cheese each day of the year, it is hard to permanently give up cheese.
Elana says
Frederique, I totally understand! Thanks for sharing your experience with dairy here :-)
Caroline says
Hi, this looks amazing. I wondered if I can substitute almond flour for tigernut flour as that’s what I have at home already, and I’d love to make this tomorrow :)
Elana says
Caroline, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Kim says
Can you suggest another flour to use if allergic to almonds and don’t eat wheat? Would an all purpose gluten free flour work or would coconut flour be a better choice? I used to make so many of your recipes until I found out I was allergic to almonds and had been ingesting more than my body could tolerate. Would love to try your recipe and substitute pecans for the topping but not sure what type of flour to go with.
Elana says
Kim, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here’s a link to my coconut flour recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/recipes/?diet-type=&recipe-type=&ingredients=coconut-flour
For more information on the difference between almond flour and coconut flour go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-baking/
Enjoy!
Elana
Corky Corcoran Douglas says
Elana ~
Wondering if you can use olive oil in place of coconut oil? Just got back a whole host of testing and I’m sensitive to coconut. Any thoughts, much appreciative.
Elana says
Corky, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Deborah says
Hello Happy Pesach, can I make almond flour from the skins after I make homemade almond milk?
Deborah
Elana says
Deborah, that won’t work for this recipe, but here is a link to my Almond Pulp Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/almond-pulp-recipes/
Enjoy!
Elana
Margaret Gallienne says
This isnt keto is it. Pity i love coffee cake.
Elana says
Margaret, that would really depend on what your macro-nutrient goals are for the day :-)
Peg says
Fast and easy and paleo…just the way I like it. AND it got two thumbs up from everyone in my household Thanks for this keeper, Elana!
Elana says
Peg, thanks for letting me know this is a keeper :-0
Angelica says
I find it difficult to avoid dairy completely. However, I feel much better if I am successful at avoiding it.
Elana says
Thanks Angelica!
shweta says
This was delicious. I made mine in a pie plate and it got a little bit dark around the edges. I also added 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom which really enhances the cinnamon flavor.
Elana says
Shweta, thanks for letting me know this is delicious!
Melissa Clay says
This was delicious. I made mine in a pie plate and it got a little bit dark around the edges. I also added 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom which really enhances the cinnamon flavor.
Elana says
Thanks Melissa!