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Gluten Free Coffee Cake | The Best Coffee Cake Recipe

Three pieces of gluten free coffee cake in a row with two pieces to the side in a blurred view. There is one pecan on each piece of coffee cake and the coffee cake is on a wire rack on top of stone.

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This gluten free coffee cake is soft and buttery, and topped with the most wonderful brown sugar crumble. Each bite just melts in your mouth, and once you get a taste of this stuff, it is sure to become a gluten free breakfast favorite of yours!

Ingredients

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Cake: 

3/4 cup (90g) oat flour

Just under 1 cup (110g) rice flour

Just under 1/2 cup (42g) almond flour

1 Tbsp (14g) baking powder

1/2 cup (113g) of unsalted butter (room temperature, cut into cubes)

3/4 cup (175g) granulated sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp (8g) vanilla extract

1/2 cup (123g) sour cream

pinch of salt

Topping: 

3/4 cup (100g) rice flour

3 tbsp. (20g) almond flour

Just under 3 tbsp. (35g) brown sugar

1/3 cup (76g) butter (room temperature, cut into cubes)

Filling: 

1/4 cup (50g) brown sugar

2/3 cup (70g) of chopped pecans 

Dash of cinnamon 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C) and grease a 9x9 baking pan. 
  2. Whisk the granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl until creamy. 
  3. Add in one egg and whisk. Then add in the other egg and whisk until smooth.
  4. After the eggs are in, you can mix in the vanilla extract. 
  5. Now, in a separate bowl, pour the oat flour, rice flour, almond flour, baking powder, and salt, and mix. 
  6. Now, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until everything is fully incorporated.
  7. Then, add in the sour cream, mix to combine, and set the bowl aside.
  8. Now, in another bowl, combine the filling ingredients - the brown sugar, chopped pecans, and cinnamon, and set aside. 
  9. Pour half of the cake batter into the bottom of a pan.
  10. Then, evenly apply the filling mixture on top of that layer of batter, and add the remaining batter on top of it.
  11. Bake the cake for 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  12. Let the cake cool completely on the counter, then drizzle it with some honey, and top with pecans to finish it off.  

Notes

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