Easy Almond Flour Coffee Cake Recipe
This cinnamon-swirled almond flour coffee cake is not just gluten free, but grain free and dairy free, with no refined sugars. Does it still taste good? Taste-testers say "it's as good as a bakery!"
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 325kcal
Ingredients
For the coffee cake:
- 200 grams almond flour about 2 cups
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- ⅔ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup vegan sour cream
For the crumble:
- 65 grams coconut sugar about ⅓ cup
- 66 grams almond flour about ⅔ cup
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9"x9" baking pan with parchment paper. Spray the paper lightly with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Make the cake batter: In a large bowl, add the almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir together.
- Make a well in the center and add eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Stir with a sturdy spoon, until completely combined.
- Add the vegan sour cream and fold into the batter using a rubber spatula. Set batter aside.
- Make the crumble: In a small bowl, add the coconut sugar, almond flour, cinnamon, and salt. Stir together.
- Add the vegetable oil and stir until completely combined.
- Assemble the coffee cake: In the prepared pan, add half the cake batter. Sprinkle with half the crumble mixture.
- Repeat with the remaining cake batter and remaining crumble on top.
- Bake cake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out batter-free when inserted into the middle of the cake.
- Let cool slightly and serve warm.
Notes
- Make sure ingredients are at room temperature.
- Measure by weight where weight is given.
- I would not recommend substituting the almond flour. The Nuts.com brand is my recommended brand of flour.
- The eggs can be substituted with an egg substitute like JUST egg or use flax eggs or chia eggs. The texture will be a bit denser.
- The maple syrup may be substituted with honey.
- The vegan sour cream may be substituted with vegan buttermilk, regular buttermilk, vegan yogurt, or regular yogurt.
- The coconut sugar may be substituted with granulated sugar.
- The vegetable oil may be substituted with olive oil, canola oil, or melted coconut oil.
