Yogurt Almond Flour Coffee Cake (Low Carb, Gluten Free)

No matter the occasion, this unique almond flour coffee cake is a must-have treat on your coffee table.

It's a moist, buttery healthy sugar-free cake infused with Greek yogurt, orange zest, coffee & a tad of brandy to create incredible flavors—gluten-free, keto-friendly, and low-carb.

This low-carb coffee cake is one of our favorite sweet treats to pair with a morning cup of coffee.

And like our almond flour chocolate cake, it's sugar-free and comes together with healthy ingredients. 

You can serve it as a breakfast treat like these rhubarb muffins, as a brunch cake, a dessert, or an afternoon snack. like these bliss balls. 

It's a lot healthier than a traditional coffee cake. But don't let that fool you. The flavors are amazing.

The best part, it's an easy almond flour coffee cake recipe that, with a few simple garnishes, looks incredibly festive and beautiful enough to make for special occasions.

Let's bake!

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• What Makes This Healthy Coffee Cake Recipe So Unique
• Ingredients & A Few Notes
• Step-By-Step Instructions
• Helpful Tips
• Storing instructions
• Cake Garnishes
• More Delicious Desserts
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What Makes This Healthy Coffee Cake Recipe So Unique

• Tender cake: It's dense and incredibly moist, like a pound cake. 
• Beautiful flavors: It has a slightly buttery flavor, like my orange loaf cake, with subtle orange and coffee-brandy-flavored undertones.
• Perfect sweetness: It's deliciously balanced and satisfying. 
• Easy to make: It is an easy cake recipe that doesn't require much work.
• Suitable for many diets: It's gluten-free, low-carb, grain-free, refined sugar-free, and even Keto-friendly.

Ingredients & A Few Notes

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

You only need a few simple ingredients to make this almond flour coffee cake.

And if you love baking low-carb and sugar-free cakes, you will have most of these items already at hand. But everything is easy to get at any large grocery store.

Almond flour: Choose fine-blanched almond flour. It's what will give this cake that crumbly pound cake-like texture.

Note: Almond meal (from ground almonds) or coarse almond flour will not provide the same texture and result in a more grainy cake.

Sweetener: I highly recommend a confectioners sweetener like Swerve (sugar replacement) to keep it deliciously moist.

Note: You can also go for any other (Erythritol) sweetener, but try to use a powdered (or confectioners) version to get a smooth texture like in a pound cake. Or powder it yourself using a blender or food processor until fine and fluffy.

Yogurt: I love plain Greek yogurt or  Bulgarian yogurt from White Mountain.

Note: Use leftovers to make this Carrot Apple Salad seasoned with Greek yogurt or make this 4-ingredient Yogurt Mask. 

Coffee: You need a few tablespoons of a strong brew or an espresso for the coffee flavors to come through.

Brandy: You could replace this with another tablespoon of strong brewed coffee, but I highly recommend adding a tad of Brandy or Whiskey for a more sophisticated flavor. It just works well in this keto cake.

Step-By-Step Instructions

See the full recipe with measurements in the recipe card.

Let's have a look and see how easy it is to make this almond flour coffee cake.

Step One (Picture 1 above) - In a small saucepan, melt butter over the stove and mix in coffee, brandy, and orange zest. Set aside and let it cool at room temperature.

Step Two (Picture 2 above) - In a large mixing bowl, add almond flour, salt, and baking powder. 

Step Three (Picture 3 above) - Use a whisk to thoroughly combine the dry ingredients and sift away any large clumps. Set aside.

Step Four (Picture 4 above) - In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs and stir in the sweetener. Then stir in the yogurt until smooth.

Step Five (Picture 5 above) - Stir the reserved melted butter coffee concoction into the yogurt-egg mixture. You'll see the orange zest.

Step Six (Picture 6 above) - In batches, whisk the dry mixture into the wet ingredients until well combined. 

Step Seven (Picture 7 above) - The yogurt cake batter will thicken but should be smooth and still fairly wet.

Step Eight (Picture 8 above) - Pour batter into the prepared pan—smooth the top of the batter out with a rubber spatula if necessary. Bake for 40 minutes until golden brown.

Helpful Tips

• Prepare the baking pan: You can use parchment paper. But I prefer to slightly butter the baking pan and dust it off with almond flour.
• Let the melted butter mixture cool before adding it to the beaten eggs: It's the first thing I make so it can cool at room temperature while you prepare the rest. But a great way to speed it up is to put it briefly in the fridge. 
• Baking Time:  This cake always needs precisely 40 minutes of baking in my oven. But I suggest regularly checking at around 30 minutes.
• Resist opening the oven door until you see a beautiful brown color on top to do the toothpick test.
• Taking the cake out of the oven: Go slowly. And let the door sit open ajar for a few seconds before going all the way to take out your cake. This is a flourless, gluten-free coffee cake and thus more sensitive to an immediate flash of cold air that can result in a slight collapse at the top.
• A small crack on top:  This low-carb almond flour cake is very moist and relatively dense. Therefore it will always have a slight crackle on top.
• Allow the almond flour coffee cake to cool completely before removing it from the pan. Otherwise, the cake might break.

Storing instructions

Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

This almond flour coffee cake will stay moist and delicious.

Cake Garnishes

• Powdered sugar: Use Swerve powdered sugar to dust on the cake for a beautiful festive look.
• Coffee beans: Use some coffee beans to top off the cake for decoration.
• Thinly sliced oranges: Place them around the cake for decoration and to serve with a slice—it's refreshing.
• Crumble topping: To mimic a typical look of a coffee crumb cake, you can top it with sliced almonds before dusting it with powdered sugar.

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