Healthy Coffee Cake is made with almond flour, coconut sugar and chocolate chips. This recipe reminds me of an Entenmann's Crumb Coffee Cake!
This cake might possibly be the best dessert recipe ever, or at least one of the best. The funny part about this is it's actually a recipe I created over two years ago, but never typed it up on the website. Not sure what I was thinking, but I am so glad I found it buried in my notes!
I've been enjoying this cake as a lunch dessert with a cup of iced coffee. Yes, I have lunch dessert and I'm not sure what you're doing if you don't. 😉 My boyfriend loves having this cake for breakfast. Either way, just bake it and enjoy it at anytime during the day.
If you are looking for more healthier sweets, check out my Honey Mug Cake, Whole Wheat Baked Donuts and Healthy Vegan Chocolate Truffles!
Ingredients in the cake
- eggs at room temperature
- unsweetened almond milk at room temperature
- melted and cooled coconut oil
- vanilla extract
- coconut sugar
- almond flour
- tapioca flour
- baking powder (gluten free)
- dark chocolate chips - this is optional, but recommended because everything's better with chocolate!
Ingredients in the crumb topping
The cake is so fluffy, without regular all purpose flour. It's made with a mix of almond flour and tapioca flour. Please don't ask if you can substitute the flours. I love you guys, but I am telling you that these two flours together yield a beautiful fluffy and moist texture. If you never baked with tapioca flour, don't be intimidated! You can find it at any major grocery store, wherever you find Bob's Red Mill products. You can also just purchase tapioca flour on Amazon.
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Healthy Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Ingredients in the Cake
- 3 eggs at room temperature
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk at room temperature
- ¼ cup melted and cooled coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup coconut sugar
- 2 cups almond flour
- ¼ cup tapioca flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder (gluten free)
- ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips - this is optional, but recommended because everything's better with chocolate!
Ingredients in the Crumb Topping
- 1 cup gluten free oat flour
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, almond milk, coconut oil, vanilla, and coconut sugar.
- Add in the almond flour, tapioca flour, baking powder and chocolate chips. Mix until combined with a silicone spatula.
- Press the batter into an 8x8 baking dish lined with parchment paper.
- To make the crumb topping, combine all ingredients listed for the topping in a small mixing bowl until crumbly.
- Sprinkle the topping evenly over the batter in the baking dish.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes in an oven preheated to 350 degrees F or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing into 9 or 16 pieces.
- Store the cake in an airtight container on the kitchen counter for a couple of days or freeze each piece individually and store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Notes
This nutrition information is an estimate and should not be taken as fact. The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Did you try this recipe?
Let me know below with a comment and rating! 🙂
Poonampamnani
Replacement of eggs
Haven't made the recipe without eggs.
Patricia
Substitute for coconut oil
Have only made the recipe with coconut oil.
Cristina
Love this recipe! I’ve made them 5 times already. 🥰
That makes me so happy! 🙂
Anne
Just made these, and they are AWESOME. Subbed two TBS of oil for applesauce in the cake and couldn’t even tell. Thanks for a great healthy recipe. 🤗
Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and rating! 🙂
Stella Bernal
What can you substitute for the oat flour
I don't recommend using a different flour. The oat flour creates a nice crumb.
Michelle
Can I use unsweetened coconut milk instead of almond milk?
Yes
Laura
Is there another sugar option besides coconut sugar?
You can use cane sugar.
Paul Corris
Hi, is it right that there is no coffee added? Really want to try this but thought I would check I have read it correctly before I do 🙂
Coffee cake doesn't contain coffee despite its name. 🙂
Batool
Hello Firstly thank you so much for this recipe it looks gorgeous, I have a question I don’t have coconut sugar and coconut oil can I use the normal oil and sugar?
You can use regular sugar, but I would say use butter over regular oil. Please note that I can't guarantee the same results because I only tested the recipe as written.
Sam
I made this last weekend and it was so good! I'm mostly dairy free so I can't remember the last time I've had a healthier coffee cake that tastes so close to the real thing!
This has to be my fav one of yours yet 😍
Thanks Krista!
YAY!! Seriously one of my favorites too! 🙂
Bal
Is there a replacement for tapioca flour ?
Arrowroot
Christina
Delicious!!
🙂 🙂 🙂
Cheri
Have you tried to mix this up the day before and then bake the next morning/day?
I have not. It should work but I don't know for sure.
Kristen
Do you think this would work baking in mini loaves?
Yes, not sure the bake time though.