Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Coffee Cake (Gluten Free)

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Do you like Coffee Cake? Are you Gluten-intolerant or have Celiac's and miss eating yummy treats, like Brown Sugar Cinnamon Coffee Cake? Well, now you can have your coffee cake and eat it, too 🙂 This is truly one of the BEST Coffee Cakes I have ever eaten!!! A HUGE "Thank You" to Audrey from "Mama Knows Gluten Free" for sharing this delicious recipe...my entire family thanks you 🙂
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast, Desserts, Snacks, Sweet Breads
Cuisine American
Servings 1 9" x 13" Baking Pan

Ingredients
  

The Cake Ingredients:

  • 3 Cups All-Purpose Gluten Free Flour, Sifted I use King Arthur brand; sifted
  • 1 ½ tsp Xanthan Gum if your GF Flour Blend doesn't already have it
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
  • 4 tsp Baking Powder make sure it's GF
  • 1 ½ Cups Whole Milk you can also use Almond, Rice, Cashew or Coconut Milk for a dairy-free option
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ½ Cup Unsalted Butter, melted or use Earth Balance brand for a dairy-free version

The Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Topping

  • 1 Cup Unsalted Butter, softened or Earth Balance for dairy-free
  • 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar, packed
  • 2 Tbsp GF All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon

The Glaze Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 5 Tbsp Whole Milk or dairy-free milk of your choice
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions
 

Making the Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray a 9" x 13" baking pan (preferably glass) with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Gather the ingredients needed for Cake.
  • Melt the Butter and set aside.
  • Using a stand or handheld mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the GF Flour, Xanthan Gum, Salt, Sugar and Baking Powder on Low until thoroughly blended.
  • Add the Milk, Eggs and Vanilla to the Flour mixture, blending until thoroughly mixed.
  • Slowly drizzle the Melted Butter into the Flour-Milk mixture, mixing until fully incorporated.
  • Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. Set aside while you prepare the Brown Sugar topping.

Making the Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Topping:

  • Using a Stand or handheld mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the softened Butter, Brown Sugar, GF Flour and Cinnamon until thoroughly mixed and creamy.
  • Drop this Brown Sugar mixture by spoonfuls onto the coffee cake batter in the baking pan making sure to cover the surface equally.
  • Using a sharp knife, thoroughly swirl the Brown Sugar mixture throughout the coffee cake batter.
  • Bake in preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes, checking after 30 minutes. Cake is done when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Making the Glaze:

  • In a large bowl, whisk together the Powdered Sugar, Milk and Vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over the warm Coffee Cake and let set for about 10 minutes. Slice into desired-size pieces and Enjoy with a glass of ice-cold milk :)!

Notes

Store in an air-tight comtainer. Re-heat slices in microwave for about 10-15 seconds 🙂
Keyword brown sugar, Cake, cinnamon, coffee cake, gluten-free, sweets, Treats