This Gluten Free Cinnamon Coffee Cake is moist, sweet and delicious. It makes a great breakfast for guests or an afternoon snack with coffee. {gluten free}
What is your favorite breakfast treat? Is it blueberry muffins, chocolate chip pumpkin bread or baked french toast?
In our house, it’s this gluten free cinnamon coffee cake. It’s moist and delicious and the glaze takes it up a notch. Not for every day – but perfect for a gloomy winter day when everyone in the house needs a pick me up.
We needed a pick me up this week. We had two sick kids, some stressful school projects and lots of tests to study for. At least this brought a smile to their faces.
This is a Kelly family tested and approved recipe. My kids give it five stars… and it’s gluten free. I’ve made it so many times I can’t even count.
Warning: this cake is super sweet and the icing makes it sweeter. It’s also delicious without the icing or as muffins. I would not make it in a bundt cake pan because it wouldn’t get cooked all the way through.
My new favorite gluten free flour is Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Baking Flour and I’ve tried them all. I have flopped so many gluten free recipes, you have no idea. This flour seems to give me the best results with baked goods and it requires no xanthan gum which I love. I like Cup 4 Cup too but it doesn’t have a lick of whole grain goodness in it.
If you take nothing else away from this recipe, let it be the cinnamon glaze. Yum! Try a chocolate pound cake with some cinnamon glaze or drizzle it over pancake muffins.
Gluten Free Cinnamon Cake
Ingredients
Topping
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 To 1 Baking Flour
- 5 tbsp of unsalted butter softened
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Cake
- 3 cups Bob's Red Mill 1 To 1 Gluten Free Baking Flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 room temp. eggs
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cup full fat yogurt I used Greek
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tsp milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter 2 9-in round pans.
- Topping - In a small bowl combine the topping ingredients. Work in butter with a fork, pastry cutter or your clean fingers. It should resemble course crumbs.
- Cake - Whisk the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, sugars, yogurt and butter.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add wet ingredients. Mix gently, do not over mix. Batter will be on the thick side.
- Pour into pans and smooth tops with a spatula. Sprinkle the tops with the cinnamon topping.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes rotating halfway through. Check the center with a toothpick. Do not over cook or it will dry out.
- Glaze - Mix the powdered sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add milk until you reach desired consistency. Drizzle over cake when cool. Don't put too much as this is a very sweet cake already!
Yummy! I want to make this and it will be my very first attempt at a Gluten free recipe. I’m a little behind on the gluten free movement. Can I get the flour in this recipe at any grocery store? If not, where is a good place to buy it? Thanks!
Yay, let me know how it works out for you. I got mine at Whole Foods but I think Wegmans carries it too. Good luck! Hope even Andrew likes it.
This is the gluten free version of one of my favorite coffee cakes! I love it!
This sounds amazing! It has been raining for DAYS here and we could all use pick me up too. I might make this tomorrow.
I made this yesterday and it was already gone by this morning! Everyone love it so much!
This sounds perfect for a yummy weekend brunch with a big cup of coffee. So glad it’s gluten free as well. I need to check out that flour you used and give it a try.
This cake is perfect, especially when you’re trying to eliminate gluten from your diet. I love everything about it.