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.
Betsy Bek says
I love your recipes and books and i used to pin your recipes on Pinterest too, but for some reason it is not possible anymore. I also follow you on Pinterest but can’t find the cinnamon coffee cake. Is pinning going to be available very soon??
Gr.Betsy from Belgium
Elana Amsterdam says
Hi Betsy,
There may have been a glitch –thanks for pointing it out. Pinning is now working :-)
Elana
Marcia says
I can’t have any dairy so I’m grateful for your recipes that don’t include it!
Sarah says
I just made two batches of this fantastic recipe; one with eggs and one with flax “eggs”. Both turned out great. The egg one aesthetically is more pleasing but the flax one is actually even better tasting in my option. Don’t let the eggs stop you from this receipe if you can’t do eggs!
Sue says
Hi Elana,
Very happy to see you created this wonderful Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe! Should the coconut oil be melted before adding to the dry ingredients for the cake batter? I saw it is melted for the topping so I’m guessing it should be melted for the batter as well but thought it best to ask.
Your website was truly a godsend when I’d been told to go grain-free and had no clue what I should do. It was difficult to eat only fruit, veggies and legumes – not my favorite food – and I found myself constantly hungry. Now I can satisfy the craving for things that I used to eat and longed for when others would eat them. I applaud your dedication to creating new recipes and sharing them with us.
As an aside, my husband loves your bran muffins (as do I) but we prefer currants to cut down on the sweetness.
Thank you,
Sue
Jenny says
I did not melt the coconut oil, but I beat it first then added the eggs. Cake turned out great, but I think next time I’ll melt the oil so that it doesn’t clump as much when I’m trying to mix it. I don’t think it matters as far as the outcome of the cake, though.
Carol Lynn says
Maybe this is silly… Can I use a stand mixer or is a food processor necessary?
DamselflyDiary says
I made it today using a stand mixer and it turned out fine.
Elana uses a food processor for a lot of recipes and some really need it, some are okay without. My food processor is tucked away in the pantry and isn’t easy to access but my stand mixer is always on my kitchen counter so I use it all of the time.
Jenny says
Could coconut flour be substituted for the almond flour, as I have an almond allergy?
DamselflyDiary says
NO, don’t even try. Coconut flour ratios are MUCH different than almond flour ones. For coconut flour recipes, try Spunky Coconut’s blog – you can Google it.
tess1082 says
I made this with Bob’s Hazelnut flour and it turned out delicious. I added a bit more cinnamon and a few dashes of nutmegs as I love spice. I had doubled the topping but next time I’ll just add extra nuts in the topping, but not double the oil and sugar- it was a bit too ‘wet’. I used a mix of almonds and walnuts because I can only take almonds in tiny quantities. Thank you Elena!
Joan says
I have celiac disease and milk is closely related. I am lactose intolerant also. Joan
Mary says
Did you perhaps mean 2 Tsp of cinnamon? 2 Tablespoons was overwhelming!
DamselflyDiary says
Elana loves her cinnamon. I always cut the amount as I am not as big of a fan. That said, I made this recipe today and used about 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons of cinnamon. I might cut it a little next time but it was an appropriate amount. Feel free to cut some out if you don’t like strong cinnamon flavor.
Sue says
This cake is absolutely delicious! Quite a hit!
lenoralee says
Alrighty! Just made it and it’s delicious. I used a dark pan and had to cook the full 35 mins on 350. I added extra coconut sugar for the crumb top (because I was just finishing up a bag of sugar) and it’s super delicious. I don’t think the 1/2 cup of honey is too much…it is a coffee cake after all. Thumbs up on another delicious recipe!