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Delicious Gluten Free Blueberry Hazelnut Coffee Cake

Blueberry Hazelnut Coffee Cake

Gluten free coffee cake studded with juicy blueberries with a spiced hazelnut layer in the middle.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 32 minutes
Total Time: 47 minutes
Author: Hezzi-D

Ingredients

For the filling:

  • 2/3 c. chopped toasted hazelnuts
  • 1/4 c. packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

For the cake:

  • 1 1/2 c. amaranth flour
  • 1/2 c. potato starch
  • 1 teaspoon Gluten free baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 2/3 c. fine crystal cane sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 c. unsalted butter melted
  • 2 teaspoon gluten free vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 c. buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 c. blueberries

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray a 9 inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • For the filling: In a small bowl, combine hazelnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
  • For the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together amaranth flour, potato starch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • In a medium bow, whisk together sugar, eggs, butter and vanilla until well blended. Whisk in buttermilk until blended.
  • Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just blended. Gently fold in blueberries.
  • Spread half the batter evenly in prepared pan and sprinkle with filling. Dollop the remaining batter on top of the filling (it need not cover the filling completely).
  • Bake in preheated oven for 28-33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

Notes

Recipe from Bob's Red Mill Everyday Gluten-Free Cookbook by Camilla V. Saulsbury, Robert Rose Inc., 2015.