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.
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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.
christine says
This cake is super yummy. I have been making it for Christmas morning for several years. I sometimes like to add little changes. I have swirled no sugar raspberry jam into the cake batter, and that was a big hit. Last week, for Easter, I added dark chocolate chips which was loved by all. I love having a healthy recipe that tastes so good!
Elana says
Christine, thanks for letting me know this cake is super yummy. Your variations sound amazing :-)
DamselflyDiary says
I rated this recipe 5 stars because I really love coffee cake but I did have to tweak the recipe to make it work for me.
My tweaks mostly have to do with the topping. For me, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon is WAY too much. I reduced it to 2 teaspoons and it is still has great cinnamon flavor.
The second tweak is that I reduced the coconut oil in the topping to 2 tablespoons. I found that 1/4 cup of coconut oil keeps it from fully cooking and makes it oily.
My final tweak is just based on my desire to reduce the sugar a little. I used 2 tablespoons of coconut sugar and 1 tablespoon of a monk fruit/erythritol blend.
The only tweak I made to the cake batter is to add a 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon to the mixture for a little cinnamon flavor that is more disbursed than just the topping.
Please try this recipe if you like coffee cake. While I wish there wasn’t 1/2 cup of honey in the cake, the almond flour, eggs and sliced almonds give this breakfast treat a healthy kick. But also try it just because it is good.
Elana says
Damselfly, thanks for your detailed comment! So nice to see you here again :-)
Morgan says
I made this a couple of days ago and it was delicious! Thank you for sharing.
Elana says
Morgan, you’re welcome! This recipe is a family favorite :-)
Caryn says
Hi Elana. I have made this before as per your recipe, but could one do this in an airfryer and if so what temp and time would you recommend? Love your recipes!
Elana says
Caryn, thanks for your kind words about my recipes! I haven’t tried that –don’t own an airfryer :-)
Caryn says
Hi Elana. with reference to the airfryer…I have done both this and your orange cake in the airfryer and that is now my go to method. 20 minutes in the airfryer and it is perfect for me. the only difference is that the airfryer tends to brown it a little more which I am perfectly happy with.
Elana says
Caryn, thanks so much for the tip!
Julia Flynn says
Where do I find nutrition information for coffee cake? Love your recipes ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you
Elana says
Julia, for more on that go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/nutrition-information/
So glad you are enjoying this cake!
Elana
Susan says
I have been making this as a sugar free cake in an insta pot. I sub blue agave for honey. I chop one apple to add to the topping. I add 1/2 the topping mixture between the cake mixture and then add the rest on top. I I add cinnamon in both cake and topping. Cook in springform pan that fits instapot about 50 minutes. Check the cake texture, if needed cook 5-10 minutes more.
New favorite is blue berries to apple with walnuts instead of almonds.
Then I eat for breakfast with Trader Joe’s apricot mango yogurt. The best!
Tried fresh peaches or pineapple but have not perfected yet.
My husband’s blood sugars are stable with this cake!
Elana says
Susan, that sounds so AMAZING! I’m going to try to make it in my IP when it’s hot out :-)
Tayyaba says
Yummy recipe..Thank you for sharing such delicious recipe.
Elana says
Tayyaba, you’re welcome!
Chris David says
Really delicious recipe. I love it yummy!!! It’s really awesome
Elana says
Thanks Chris!
Noa says
Do u have a passover recipe for rolls allergic to almonds and gf. Help!! Thanks for your recipes. Noa
Elana says
Noa, here’s a link to my Nut-Free Carrot Cake for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/nut-free-paleo-carrot-cake/
Enjoy!
Elana
Amy says
Elana, is there any way that I can use allulose or monk fruit or stevia as a sweetener instead of the honey which has a much higher glycemic load?
Elana says
Amy, I haven’t tried that :-)