Grain-Free Sugar-Free Cinnabon Cake
Sink your teeth into cinnabon heaven my friends!!! Grain-free and sugar-free cinnamon rolls are just not my favorite. They are ok, I guess… but why not have something FABULOUS when eating a sweet treat?!?! That’s why I developed this super yummy cinnabon cake. My mom is famous for her cinnabon cake recipe, but it’s packed full of brown sugar and gluten! Those are just not going to work with my lifestyle anymore, and I couldn’t just suffer watching others indulge on my favorite.
Grain-Free Sugar-Free Cinnabon Cake
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups finely ground almond flour
- ¼ cup melted butter or coconut oil
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 3 Tbsp. sour cream or coconut cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. salt
Cinnabon Topping
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 3 Tbsp. coconut flour
- 3 Tbsp. melted butter or coconut oil
- 2 Tbsp. cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8oz) package cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease an 8X8 glass baking dish.
- Mix cake ingredients together, then pour mixture into your baking dish.
- Mix cinnabon topping together. Using a spoon, put dollops of topping all around the top of the cake. Use a butter knife and swirl the topping into the cake batter. Be careful to not over mix.
- Bake cake for 25-30 minutes, or until middle has set. When a knife inserted comes out clean, the cake is done.
- Let cake cool for 10 minutes, then pour cream cheese frosting on top. Serve warm or cold.
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Brandy says
This sounds amazing and I can’t wait to make it. I just have one question, my husband has celiac and is allergic to almonds, so what is the best alternative flour to use for this recipe?
Eating Healthy Spending Less says
Hi Brandy! The only substitute that I have heard about for almond flour is macadamia nut flour. It’s an equal substitution, which means 1 cup almond flour = 1 cup macadamia nut flour. I have never tried it before. Hope that helps!
Kim says
It was more like cookie dough than cake batter? I don’t know what I did wrong but it was an expensive experiment for sure!
Eating Healthy Spending Less says
Oh I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve not experienced that, and this is definitely a favorite cake of mine.