Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake
Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake has warm cinnamon and soft apples baked together to make the perfect gluten-free breakfast the whole family will love.
One of our favorite breakfast recipes is now ready for you to make for your family! Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake is a breakfast recipe we make once a week. It’s full of delicious apple slices and warm cinnamon with a crunchy crumble on top. I make this breakfast recipe on my rest days from the gym. I wake up at the same time, but spend my morning in the kitchen preparing a special breakfast for the kids and then work on my blog. It’ll take you only ten minutes to mix this recipe together and while it bakes, you get your alone time for the morning.
What do you serve for breakfast? Whether you have little kids, big kids or it’s just you, what do you serve? If you’re like so many mom’s that I’ve talked to, breakfast recipes are a bit of a struggle. You’re ready to move away from the quick cold cereal and toast and have exhausted the whole oatmeal or scrambled eggs idea. Oatmeal and scrambled eggs are both amazing breakfast ideas, BUT you’re ready to add a recipe or two to the breakfast menu, right? Grab the printable recipe card below and add Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake to your menu! The kids are going to love it!
Do you remember the classic Coffee Cake recipe? My mom used to make some pretty awesome coffee cakes for our breakfast. I asked her for the recipe last year and I tried making it. After modifying it a bit to fit my dietary needs, I had a keeper of a recipe! I replaced the eggs with applesauce, milk with coconut milk, and regular flour with cassava flour (a gluten-free blend works in a pinch too!), and canned apple pie filling for fresh apple slices and cut the sugar in half. So I really liked the idea of the name “coffee cake” because I love enjoying my slice with a big cup of coffee. The first time I told my boys it was coffee cake, they refused to try it because they thought there was coffee in it! After a detailed explanation as to how it got its name, we renamed it to simply Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake.
Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake is one breakfast that will stick with you all morning long. I love serving breakfast foods to the kids that are going to fill them up! Especially with school starting way too soon, I need to have breakfasts that will fill them up and help them focus in class. We have chosen to send our oldest back to school this coming year and homeschool our second and third sons. I’ll be making this breakfast cake often for a good healthy before-school breakfast!
MORE GREAT BREAKFAST IDEAS:
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
- 1/2 cup coconut milk (or dairy-free milk of choice)
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups cassava flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 medium apples, sliced
- 1/2 cup cassava flour
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 2-4 Tbsp dairy-free butter or solid coconut oil
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a glass pie plate with cooking spray and set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl combine the applesauce, coconut sugar, and coconut oil. Add the coconut milk and apple cider vinegar. Stir well.
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Add the cassava flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and sea salt. Stir until well combined and batter is smooth.
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Slice the apples (peeled or unpeeled) into thin 1/8"-1/4" slices. Add to the batter and fold in.
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Scoop the batter into the prepared pie plate. Spread evenly with the back of the spoon.
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In a small mixing bowl, combine the 'Topping' ingredients. Starting with 2 tablespoons of dairy-free butter or coconut oil. Using a large spoon, stir together until crumbly. Add more butter as needed to create the crumble.
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Sprinkle the crumble on top of the batter.
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Bake for 40 minutes or until baked all the way through and bottom and edges and a light golden brown.
Store leftovers in a covered glass container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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