healthy cinnamon streusel coffee cake

carlisle, IN
Updated on Dec 19, 2011

This is a recipe I came up with to make one of our favorite treats a lot healthier. It's soooo tasty, but healthy enough I don't mind saying "yes" when the kids ask for seconds! It's 100% whole grain and quite low in sugar. It's also easy to make this gluten-free by using gluten free oats.

prep time 10 Min
cook time 30 Min
method ---
yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temp.
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup sugar(i use turbinado or demerra)
  • 2 - eggs
  • 2 cups oat flour(process oats in food processor until flour-like consistancy)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup yogurt or sour cream(i use greek yogurt, plain)
  • TOPPING
  • 1/4 cup oat flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

How To Make healthy cinnamon streusel coffee cake

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
  • Step 2
    Beat together the butter, honey, sugar and eggs. In a separate bowl whisk together the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with the yogurt, mixing after each addition.
  • Step 3
    Mix all topping ingredients together. Spoon half the batter into the pan. Sprinkle evenly with half of the topping. Spoon dollops of remaining batter over topping and gently spread evenly. Sprinkle with remaining topping. Bake about 30 min. until cake tests done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn out onto rack. Place a serving plate over cake and invert cake onto serving plate so topping is up.

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Category: Cakes
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