Healthy Coffee Cake Recipe
This healthy coffee cake with cinnamon is so delicious, no one will even suspect it's vegan.
Servings: 10
Calories: 256kcal
Ingredients
To make the coffee cake
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 180g
- ½ cup whole wheat flour* 64g
- ¾ cup granulated sugar 150 g
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 g
- ½ tsp salt 3 g
- 1 tbsp baking powder 13 g
- ¼ cup light olive oil 60 ml
- 1 cup oat milk 235ml
- 1 lb pears 450 g/ about 3 medium (bartlett or d’anjou)
To make the streusel:
- ¼ cup granulated sugar 50 g
- 6 tbsp all-purpose flour 45 g
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 g
- 6 tbsp chopped pecans 34 g
- 2 tbsp light olive oil 30 ml
- 2 tsp water 10 ml
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F/175 C. Grease a 10”/25cm round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment.
- Wash, dry, and slice pears into thin, ½”/ 12mm square pieces.
Make streusel:
- In a small bowl, combine all streusel ingredients except water. Stir to evenly distribute oil.
- Add water and stir or crumble with your fingertips into small clumps. Set aside.
Make cake:
- In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Stir to evenly distribute.
- Make a well in the center and add oat milk and oil. Whisk until smooth and no lumps remain.
- Fold in the pear pieces until evenly coated.
- Scrape into prepared pan and level out.
- Crumble the streusel on top so that it is in contact with the batter.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, until golden brown on the edges, set in the center and skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
*Can be made with all white flour (2 cups/240g all purpose flour)
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 258mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 65IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 2mg