Healthy Coffee Cake

Name: Healthy Coffee Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 9 slices
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour OR 3/4 cup almond meal plus 3/4 cup coconut flour; 1/3 cup erythritol OR sugar; 1/3 cup brown sugar OR erythritol plus 1/2 teaspoon molasses; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup almond milk; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1 tsp distilled white or apple cider vinegar; 1/4 cup oats (or unsweetened shredded coconut, for a grain free option); 2 tablespoons almond meal; 2 tablespoons brown sugar OR erythritol plus 1/4 teaspoon molasses; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce

Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Applesauce, Breakfast, Cakes and Cupcakes, Coconut, Coconut Flour, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour

By Kelly M 23 Comments Jump to Recipe

I know what I’m thankful for this year!

For starters, I’m thankful that the list of things I have to be grateful for is much too long to put here. I couldn’t begin to scratch the surface.

I thank the Good Lord every day, but especially on Thanksgiving, for giving me the best mom in the whole wide world. I have no idea why I am so lucky. She has held me and hugged me and loved me unconditionally since the day I was born.

She has always told me I can do anything. Even join the track team, which was a very bad idea on my part. And even though I turned out to be a wheezing heap moving glacially along the track, she has always believed in me. I’m sure she has her reasons.

And I probably up threw up on her as an infant, but she kept me anyway. Now, who could ask for better?

No one, that’s who.

I am grateful for my friends. Like, unspeakably grateful. If you know me in offline life and are reading this please know I love you ardently. My friends touch my life, help me laugh, and, on rare occasion as needed, let my cry in their laps. (Some names that spring to mind are Foamy, the Duckling Queen of Acting, the Boy, Favorite Friend of the Sweet Morning, Mamma Duck, Flower, Accident Prone and Lovely, Squashie, Christi, Fro Yo, Arispect and Altoid. Let’s pretend this is an exhibition of my hypothetically fabulous nicknaming skills.) You guys rock.

And you, my dear dear internet friend. I am eternally grateful to you for gracing my corner of the world and I with your amazing presence. You make me smile everyday. I love you and thank you from the very bottom of my heart. I hope we can be friends for years and years to come.

So let’s think of this as gratitude cake.

I know how popular you are, so you probably have a boatload of people at your house being enchanted by your marvelous hosting and storytelling skills after the Thanksgiving feast. But they probably want to eat something. Hmm. You need something easy and delicious, and ~~breakfast~~ dessert is the most important meal of the day…

Lightbulb! Cake!! Duh. Cake solves everything.

After you’ve whipped up your 27 second cake batter while your guests ooh and aah, all you have to do is make the magical streusel topping. And you do it in the same bowl! Saving dishes? Impressive.

Now just swirl together your masterpiece.

And voila! Wait, who took that piece in the corner?

This coffee cake isn’t going to last long.

Yield: 9 slices

Healthy Coffee Cake

10 minPrep Time:

30 minCook Time:

40 minTotal Time:

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Ingredients

For cake:

1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour OR 3/4 cup almond meal plus 3/4 cup coconut flour
1/3 cup erythritol OR sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar OR erythritol plus 1/2 teaspoon molasses
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup almond milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp distilled white or apple cider vinegar

For streusel topping:

1/4 cup oats (or unsweetened shredded coconut, for a grain free option)
2 tablespoons almond meal
2 tablespoons brown sugar OR erythritol plus 1/4 teaspoon molasses
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 inch baking dish and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, erythritol or sugar, baking soda, and salt. Add in the almond milk, vanilla extract, applesauce, and vinegar until the batter is uniform and no pockets of flour remain. Take care not to over stir. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and set aside.
In the same bowl (we don't like dirtying extra dishes here), combine all the ingredients for the streusel topping and stir until completely incorporated, Sprinkle over the cake batter and gentry swirl using a knife.
Bake in the oven at 350°F for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool and devour.

Notes

Nutritional information calculated with white whole wheat flour and erythritol.

https://www.foodiefiasco.com/healthy-coffee-cake/

Nutrition

Calories: 80 cal

Fat: 1 gram g

For my fellow Americans, how was your Thanksgiving?

I hope your day was filled with happiness, gratitude, and pie! And for my international friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thursday.

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Comments

Ellen says
November 29, 2013 at 6:20 pm
I am grateful for you too Kelly! I hope you Tday was delicious and relaxing. Mine was filled with family, and stuffing myself with stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Magnificent!
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Jo says
November 30, 2013 at 10:29 am
Thank you so much for your amazing recipes! I do have a question though, sorry to bother you but can you explain what erythritol is? Is it just a liquid sweetener/does it contain calories? Never tried it before but I've seen it in so many recipes!
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Kacie says
November 30, 2013 at 10:39 pm
This looks amazing! I knew you could sub applesauce for butter in cake but never thought of it in the topping. I'll have to give it a try! :) Thanks very much!!
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Carol says
December 28, 2013 at 11:25 pm
My coffee cake was good, but it crumbled. Should there be eggs in this recipe--and if so how many?
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- Kelly M says
  January 4, 2014 at 10:16 pm
  Hi Carol! I am so sorry the cake was crumbly for you. No, there aren't any eggs in the recipe. Did you use the grain free version?
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  - Carol says
    January 4, 2014 at 11:13 pm
    Yes, I used almond meal and coconut flour. The coffee cake was good.
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Karen says
March 14, 2014 at 5:48 am
I am going to try this recipe this morning. I dont have applesauce, so i am going to puree some zucchini and see if that works. Sounds delicious.
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- Kelly M says
  March 14, 2014 at 9:43 pm
  I love the zucchini idea! Please do let me know how it goes.
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Karen says
March 15, 2014 at 6:36 am
I used half of a zucchini pureed in my nutribullet with half of an orange instead of the applesauce and it was delicious. I also used stevia instead of the sugar and it sweetened it nicely without my husband (who shuns others sweeteners) even noticing the difference. I also added some walnuts and craisins for a little crunch.
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Pat says
April 10, 2014 at 5:46 pm
So I made this - found the listing for sugar a bit confusing - used only 1/3 cup raw cane sugar Anyhow it turned out one big crumbly mess & dry. Sure does not look like your picture. Won't be making that again.
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- Kelly M says
  April 14, 2014 at 6:20 pm
  I am so sorry this didn't work out Pat! I'd love to help troubleshoot. So was the batter was too dry? Which ingredients did you use?
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  - Pat says
    April 14, 2014 at 6:43 pm
    I used almond meal & coconut flour, cane sugar, & the rest same as per recipe. I never have any luck with coconut flour so am not going to use it anymore. Thanks for the reply.
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Outfit31 says
April 13, 2014 at 5:25 am
Just made your coffee cake! Smelled heavenly! It's still hot and I couldn't wait to eat it!!! Sooooooooo good! You've made my family's tummies VERY happy! Bookmarked!
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- Kelly M says
  April 13, 2014 at 10:23 am
  Yay! I am so happy you and your family are enjoying this.
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Angel says
May 31, 2014 at 11:15 am
When I made this it was okay. the cake part was a little to bland. It didn't really remind me of coffee cake, just another type of okay cake. It is good if you just want a simple treat. the edges of my coffee cake were gross and rubbery.
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- Kelly M says
  June 15, 2014 at 8:55 am
  I am so sorry this didn't work out for you! Can I help troubleshoot?
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Kathryn says
July 10, 2014 at 10:49 pm
Dear Kelly, I love your website and found exactly what I wanted-it was the first website I clicked! I'm making this for my son's 24th birthday tomorrow morning for breakfast. I will secretly remember that it is a thankful cake because I too am thankful...soo thankful... for my son, his two kids who live with us(9 people in our house!!)and also his ex-wife who I know God loves so much. There are some really sore spots in all our hearts right now, but this 'Thankful Cake' recipe has reminded me not to worry, but to be thankful.
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- Foodie Fiasco says
  September 18, 2015 at 5:49 pm
  Hi Kathryn, I'm so glad you found us! Welcome to Foodie Fiasco :)
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Nat says
March 18, 2015 at 9:06 pm
Hi! I am wondering if I can use whole wheat pastry flour for all(or rather most) of your recipes? I cannot find white wwf in my area
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- Kelly M says
  April 7, 2015 at 8:31 pm
  hey Nat! just regular whole wheat flour works beautifully as a sub.
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