My husband made this a couple weeks ago for breakfast, to rave reviews. It's from the About.com Low Carb Diets recipe collection, so if anyone wants to see the original, it's there. The original recipe is from Laura Dolson, About.com guide. We made a couple little changes in ours that are very good, however.
Low-Carb Blueberry Coffee Cake
Photo © Laura Dolson
3 cups almond flour, divided
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
1 1/2 cups sugar substitute (liquid, like blue agave nectar, or powdered, like Splenda), divided
3 eggs, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla (or half vanilla and half almond extract)
2 Tablespoons oil (we used grapeseed oil)
6 oz. yummy cream cheese
1 teaspoon and 1 pinch salt
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries ( we had half fresh blueberry, half fresh strawberry, because Somebody doesn't like blueberries... raspberries or peaches would be good, too)
Heat oven to 350˚. Butter or oil 9" x 9" pan.
1) Streusel topping: Mix 1 cup of the almond meal, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 cup of the sweetener, a pinch of salt, and the 1/4 cup butter until the mixture is crumbly. We used ground walnuts instead of the almond flour, which made it even tastier!
2) Cream cheese layer: Mix cream cheese, 1 egg, and 1/4 cup sweetener.
3) Cake layer: Mix dry ingredients: 2 cups of almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 cup sweetener (if you are using powdered sweetener). Then add the sour cream, oil, vanilla, liquid sweetener if that's what you're using, and 2 eggs, and mix well. You want the batter to be thick enough to support the rest of it, but not too gloppy -- you should be able to spread it evenly in the pan; you may need to add 1 or 2 Tablespoons of water at this point.
4) Assembly: Spread the cake batter in the pan, and top with the cream cheese layer. Then sprinkle the berries on the cream cheese layer and the streusel topping on top.
5) Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool and slice. It's very filling, so you won't need to eat much! It's very yummy :)
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