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Slices of gluten-free coffee cake on a piece of parchment paper with blueberries to the side.
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Gluten-Free Blueberry Coffee Cake

Light, fluffy, moist gluten-free Blueberry Coffee Cake is a lovely breakfast or snack with amazing streusel topping. Your morning coffee's best sidekick!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 9 Servings
Calories: 338kcal
Author: Julia

Ingredients

Blueberry Coffee Cake:

  • 2/3 cup coconut oil or butter melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated cane sugar*
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries

Cinnamon Streusel Topping:

  • 1 cup raw pecans or walnuts
  • 3 Tbsp coconut oil melted
  • 2 Tbsp granulated cane sugar*
  • 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  • Pinch sea salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 8” x 8” square baking pan with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together the ingredients for the nutty streusel topping until well-combined. Set aside until ready to use.
    ingredients for streusel topping in a measuring cup
  • Whisk together the melted coconut oil, eggs, and pure vanilla extract in a large bowl until creamy (wet ingredients).
    Coconut oil and eggs in a mixing bowl
  • In a separate medium bowl, stir together the gluten-free all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and sea salt (dry ingredients).
  • Pour the flour mixture into the bowl with the wet ingredients and stir until completely combined and a thick, oily dough forms.
    Dry ingredients on top of wet ingredients in a mixing bowl
  • Gently stir in the blueberries.
    blueberries on top of coffee cake batter
  • Transfer half of the coffee cake batter to the parchment lined pan and gently press it into an even layer (I use a fork or my hands for this step).
    half of the cake batter at the bottom of a cake pan
  • Sprinkle half of the nutty streusel topping over the batter.
    half of the streusel topping spread over the cake batter
  • Transfer the remaining cake batter on top and press it into an even layer (I find this is easiest to do with my hands). Similarly, sprinkle the rest of the remaining streusel topping on top.
    Coffee cake batter in a cake pan ready to go into the oven
  • Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the coffee cake from the oven, cover it in foil, and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes, until the cake feels firm when gently poked and tests clean.
    finished blueberry coffee cake in a cake pan with a golden napkin to the side and blueberries all around.
  • Remove the coffee cake from the oven and allow it to cool to room temperature before slicing and serving. Note: slicing the cake before it cools will guarantee a lot of crumbling.

Notes

*You can use sugar-free sweetener, brown sugar, maple sugar or coconut sugar in place of cane sugar.
Measure the coconut oil in the melted amount, not the softened/solid amount

Nutrition

Serving: 1Slice (of 9) | Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 21g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 15g