Perfect Keto Coffee Cake
With any diet, it is essential that you start the day off right, choosing a food that fits your diet goals but also tastes amazing. Since mornings tend to be busy, hectic, or simply sleepy, it is also great when you can find a breakfast food that you can make ahead of time and have ready and waiting for you. This brown sugar coffee cake will check all your boxes! It is completely keto-approved, rich, and flavorful and also can be made days in advance, providing you with a great morning meal for a full week (that is unless other people in your home steal a few slices!).
When making keto-friendly baked goods, you may often notice that the recipes call for xanthan gum. This is an ingredient you don’t see to often in traditional baking but when you bake low carb, using alternative flours and sugars, it can be quite useful. Xanthan gum is a food thickener and stabilizer made from a bacteria found in plants. It doesn’t have any flavor and it also has almost no health benefits. Think of it as a neutral ingredient that will simply help your baked goods come out fantastically.
When used in baking, xanthan gum acts as a binder, holding the food together. This is necessary when there is no gluten in a baked good, for example, no all-purpose flour which will bind the batter and baked good. Without a binder, the final product would crumble apart, leaving you with a mini mess instead of a nice slice of coffee cake! A tiny bit of xanthan gum will give your baked goods the consistency that you want and make your low carb baking more comparable to “traditional” baked goods.
Now that we went over the little details of the recipe, let's talk about just how good this coffee cake tastes! Almond flour and almond extract give it a delicious nutty taste while the So Nourished GOLD sweetener adds layers or rich flavor to every bite. However, the crumb topping is definitely the best part. Not only is the crumb mix sprinkled on top to create a beautiful coffee cake, but it is also hidden in the center, giving you a sweet layer of cinnamony, brown sugary, gooeyness that is what will keep you making this coffee cake again and again.
Once you make the brown sugar coffee cake, wrap it in an airtight container or in plastic wrap and keep it on your counter- it will last for about a week! You can even wrap the coffee cake in plastic wrap, place the whole thing in a zippered freezer bag, and freeze it for up to three months. Whenever you crave coffee cake, just take it out of the freezer and let it thaw at room temperature. It will be just as delicious as the day you made it! So, go make a tray right now and you can wake up tomorrow morning excited for your low carb breakfast.
| Servings: servings |
- 8 tbsp butter, softened
- 1/2 cup So Nourished GOLD
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup So Nourished GOLD
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 tbsp melted butter
- Grease a 9x9 inch square baking pan with baking spray or butter and set aside.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and golden erythritol together until fluffy, scraping down the bowl several times to incorporate all the butter.
- Add the sour cream, almond extract and eggs and mix well.
- Add the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum and ground cinnamon to the bowl and beat slowly to make a smooth batter. Set the batter aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine all the ingredients for the topping and mix until crumbly. Use your hands to really blend the ingredients well.
- Spread half of the prepared batter in the greases cake pan then sprinkle with half of the crumble mixture.
- Spread the remaining batter in the pan and top with the rest of the crumble.
- Bake the coffee cake in the preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out cleanly.
NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER
The content on this website should not be taken as medical advice and you should ALWAYS consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. We provide nutritional data for our recipes as a courtesy to our readers. We use Total Keto Diet app software to calculate the nutrition and we remove fiber and sugar alcohols, like erythritol, from the total carbohydrate count to get to the net carb count, as they do not affect your blood glucose levels. You should independently calculate nutritional information on your own and not rely on our data. The website or content herein is not intended to cure, prevent, diagnose or treat any disease. This website shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Website or actions you take as a result. Any action you take is strictly at your own risk.
Dr. Rosmy Barrios, MD is an aesthetic medicine specialist whose work focuses on patients who are treated for obesity, metabolic syndrome, and other weight-related issues through nutritional analysis, keto diet programs, and supporting medications.
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