Gluten Free Vegan Quinoa Coffee Cake |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 240 Minutes |
Ready In: 240 Minutes Servings: 9 |
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You can't go wrong with a good coffee cake - spiced just right, tender and sweet, with that to-die for crumb topping! This vegan, gluten free version (adapted from The Gluten Free Vegan) uses toasted quinoa and coconut in the topping and tastes like it came right out of the bakery! Read more ! Ingredients:
topping |
1/2 cup quinoa flour |
1/4 cup dark brown sugar |
1/2 cup red quinoa, rinsed and toasted |
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut |
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon |
1/4 cup earth balance coconut butter or buttery stick margarine |
3 tbsp water |
cake |
1/2 cup raw agave nectar (i used nature's agave) or buckwheat honey (for not vegan) |
1 (1g) packet vanilla flavoured stevia (optional) |
3 tbsp earth balance coconut butter or buttery stick margarine |
1 tbsp canola oil |
1 1/2 tbsp ener-g egg replacer |
1 tbsp ground flax seeds |
3 tbsp warm water |
1/2 cup vegan plain yogurt (i used olympic soyogurt ) |
1/4 cup water |
1/2 cup chunky unsweetened applesauce (i used homemade) |
1 cup quinoa flour |
1/2 cup brown rice flour |
1/3 cup tapioca starch |
2 tsp baking powder |
1 tsp baking soda |
1 tbsp cinnamon |
1/4 tsp nutmeg |
1/2 tsp salt |
Directions:
1. Topping:
2. For topping, toss together quinoa flour, brown sugar, red quinoa, coconut and cinnamon to combine.
3. Add the Earth Balance and cut in until crumbly, then add the water and mix with your fingertips to form a moist crumb.
4. Set aside.
5. Cake:
6. Preheat oven to 350F and line a 9 square pan with parchment.
7. Beat together the agave, stevia, Earth Balance and oil together until combined.
8. Whisk together the egg replacer, flaxseeds and warm water, then stir into the agave mixture.
9. Beat in the yogurt, water and applesauce.
10. Add the quinoa flour, brown rice flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat in.
11. Spread in the pan and pat the topping mixture evenly over the batter.
12. Bake for 35-40 minutes (mine was spot on at 37).
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