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.
MLR says
OOh I think I’m gonna save this for Passover! thanks Elana!
melissa says
used coconut flour hopefully it works out :/
Lynn says
So what happens if I will use glass baking dish?
Austin Girl says
Made it. Loved it. Oh, and went together in a SNAP. Thank you!!
Cynthia Rose Webber Shell says
I just came across your site today and joined email list. So glad I did. I have been eliminating breads, junk food, and sugar from my daily intake. I’m surprised how far I have come. I still use coconut sugar in my morning coffee. I just feel the need for something in my coffee. When I first saw the title of the recipe, coffee cake, I felt doomed, oh well, sounds good and then I saw the ingredients!!! Wow! I am soooooooo excited to try this! I can eat this without feeling I blew off my determination to stay off processed or empty calorie sweets. I can’t wait to try this. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Erma says
We use pure organic maple syrup in our coffee. At first, we thought it sounded really weird, but tried it and are hooked.
Annetta Black says
My doc just pulled me off dairy this week. I have Celiac and raging IBS. So far, things are starting to improve already. I’m excited to try this coffee cake…..it’s baking in the oven as I type. I used chopped pecans for the nuts….don’t have sliced almonds right now. Thanks so much Elana!
the1withwordskills says
THis was my Sunday morning treat, and it lived up to the billing! Thanks for all the work you do to craft recipes that work and have great flavor. That streusel? Yum!
Kelsey says
love this coffee cake. can i have some…ive already got the coffee ready ;)
writersideup says
This looks aMAzing! And it’s gluten-free! :) Thanks, Elana!
CC says
If you miss the traditional Sour Cream Coffee Cake, this is the one for you. It matches its crumb and flavor more than any other alternative have tried. I made this Sunday morning for my family with scrambled eggs and it turned out beautifully! My husband and 4-year old loved it.
A few notes:
– I used a regular food processor and used the Nutiva coconut oil/shortening blend instead of the coconut oil for both cake and topping.
-I did not have enough honey so used 1/4 cup honey and just under 1/4 cup of maple syrup.
-For the topping, it does not cover completely, so I lightly spread it on top and then cut it in/swirled it it in with a knife.
As always, Thank You Elana!
CC says
One more thing- I added much less Cinnamon- under 1 Tablespoon
Leslie says
I make a cream cheese this when recipes call for cream cheese. I wonder if you could replace sour cream with it.
http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/2013/05/5-minute-coconut-cream-cheese-paleo-dairy-free/