Homemade Cinnamon Coffee Cake is one of my favorite comfort foods. Growing up my mother used to buy a tasty frozen coffee cake at the grocery store as a special treat.
My healthy homemade coffee cake is made with only six ingredients –almond flour, salt, baking soda, coconut oil, honey, and eggs. This easy coffee cake recipe can be thrown together in no time flat. The topping has three additional ingredients –coconut sugar, cinnamon, and sliced almonds.
Like the one Mom used to buy, this cake is moist and has a sweet cinnamon topping. It's perfect with a cup of my Dandelion Coffee on a lazy weekend morning.
Homemade Cinnamon Coffee Cake is a fabulous low-carb, paleo brunch dish for Easter Sunday!
This low-carb Cinnamon Coffee Cake is Kosher for Passover. Like all of my recipes, it does not contain any chametz.
This Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe is adapted from one on page 24 of my first book, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, published in 2009. Both coffee cake recipes are dairy-free. All of the recipes in that cookbook are 100% dairy-free!
American coffee cake is a tender cake with rich topping baked into it. This type of coffee cake rarely contains coffee. It is called coffee cake because it is typically served at breakfast, or in the afternoon, along with tea and coffee. We often serve Cinnamon Coffee Cake for dessert after a festive meal.
Will you eat dairy? Do you consider dairy to be part of the paleo diet? Leave a comment and let me know!
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared this recipe in March 2015.
Comments
454 responses to “Cinnamon Coffee Cake”
Hi, can I replace almond flour with coconut flour? If so, how much flour would I use for this recipe?
Robea, for more on that go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-baking/
Have a wonderful day!
Elana
L’shana Tova
Just made this beaut for our socially distant. Rosh Hashana meal via Skype . With my family.
I was hesitant in doing a traditional meal because of the mindset that this pandemic has put me in .
You posted last nite and I printed it out and made it this morning .
Snagged a bite (because I can :-) this is will become a staple in this house
Ingredients are easy and stocked
*note I subbed monkfruit sweetener for the coconut sugar (lower carb)
And used a combo of chopped pecans & almonds for the topping .
Thank you for your fantastic recipes
BONUS :I will be serving your lemon honey chicken tonight .
– May your year be filled with hope and sweetness
Rose
Rose, thanks for letting me know you are enjoying my recipes and happy new year!
No I don’t eat dairy because it’s an inflammatory food. It doesn’t work for me because I have auto immunity. I also can’t have legumes and of course gluten.
Thank you so much for your delicious looking recipes.
You’re welcome Mary!
I’m not eating eggs. What would you recommend as replacement? I don’t do soy or flax seed either. I do use chia seeds
Trank, thanks so much for your comment and question! I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Wow! I NEVER thought I would find a paleo coffee cake that would come close to my moms non paleo recipe! What an amazing recipe even better than the non paleo and simple to make! I used avo oil, maple syrup and added 1tsp vanilla extract to the batter. The topping was the same just used avo oil. It came out delicious and light with that beautiful cinnamon topping, totally unexpected! Thanks!
Chantal, thanks for your enthusiasm! This is one of our all time favorite recipes :-)
I only have a 3 cup food processor. Could I use a blender or stand mixer instead?
Debbie, haven’t tried that but I think a stand mixer might work pretty well. I hope you’ll let me know how it turns out :-)
Lyn, I haven’t tried that. Here’s more info on why I don’t eat typical keto sweeteners, which usually contain corn:
https://elanaspantry.com/whats-the-best-sweetener-for-the-keto-diet/
Elana
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