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.
Margarita says
Love all your recipes. I will make this coffee cake today.
Elana says
Margarita, I’m so happy to hear you are loving all my recipes :-)
Chloe says
I want to bake this for my mom tomorrow, is it okay if I use regular salt instead of celtic sea salt? I’m so excited!! Thank you.
Elana says
Chloe, thanks for your comment! I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Anne says
I didn’t have almonds. So made the topping with crushed walnuts instead and WE LOVE IT!
Elana says
Thanks Anne!
Joanne says
This is a great recipe as is, and works with a variety of nut toppings. We did is last week with chopped pecans. It’s very tasty and moist.
Elana says
Joanne, thanks so much for letting me know this is a great recipe!
EE says
This is delicious! Can you substitute coconut sugar for the honey and still have it come out moist?
Elana says
EE, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Thanks for letting me know this is delicious :-)
Jenny Hall says
This turned out great! Thanks for another fabulous recipe!
Elana says
Jenny, thanks for letting me know this cake is fantastic!
Catherine Pendell says
I really enjoyed this cake. I used grapeseed oil as I was out of coconut oil and it still came out perfect. It will be great in the morning for breakfast if I can stay out of it that long!
Elana says
Catherine, thanks for letting me know this cake came out perfect!
Catherine Pendell says
I love it and can’t stop making it. I am so glad you keep coming out with such great recipes.
Elana says
Catherine, thanks so much for letting me know you love this cake!
Debbie says
My first time to use almond flour, wasn’t sure how it would taste. My husband is a type 1 diabetic and I’m trying to find low-carb desserts and meals.
I found this and decided to give it a try. We LOVED it!! I will definitely be making this again!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Elana says
Debbie, thanks for letting me know you and your husband LOVED this coffee cake!
Lisa says
How many carbs did your husband calculate for this? I am Type 1 as well and am curious.
Elana says
Lisa, for more on that you can also go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/nutrition-information/
Enjoy!
Elana
Marlene says
It’s in the oven now!
The batter consistency was great but the topping was really wet. I had to stop at 4 tsp Cinnamon cause I ran out.
Do you think that if I had added the two extra tsp of Cinnamon the topping would have been crumblier?
Thanks
Elana says
Marlene, if you follow the recipe the topping will be perfect :-)
Allie Mirassou says
I have just started experimenting with almond flour recipes. I’m coming off of Whole30 and was not ready for anything too sweet. I cut the honey in half and added an egg to make up for the missing moisture. I used unsweetened coconut shards instead of coconut sugar, to make it more savory. I also reduced the cinnamon to my own tastes.
My son and I enjoyed the cake a lot! I’m making it again for the church ladies this weekend. I’m thinking of using gee instead of coconut oil in the topping, just to add that buttery flavor.
I would be interested in any other almond flour recipes that you would suggest!
Thank you for the positive jump into almond flour cooking!
Allie
Elana says
Allie, so happy to hear you and your son enjoyed this cake! Here are more almond flour recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/10-great-almond-flour-recipes/
Enjoy!
Elana
Malka Percal says
One of my all-time favorite recipes. Delicious, simple, healthy. I omit the sugar in the topping. Thank you for this gem!
Elana says
Malka, thanks for letting me know this is one of your all-time favorites :-)