Dairy-Free Blueberry Coffee Cake

Name: Dairy-Free Blueberry Coffee Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour (or gluten-free all-purpose flour); 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp sea salt; 3 TBS coconut oil* (melted); 1 cup full fat coconut milk** (room temperature); ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup unsweetened applesauce; 2 eggs (room temperature); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 ½ cups frozen blueberries; 1 TBS cinnamon sugar; ½ cup full fat coconut milk; 2 TBS powdered sugar

Last updated on September 2, 2020. Originally published November 10, 2016 43 Comments

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This healthy Dairy-Free Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe is the perfect breakfast for a special occasion! It is gluten-free and feeds a crowd!

When we plan our menus for Thanksgiving or Christmas, we usually put most of our efforts towards the big dinner! However if you’re like me {and my three kids}, even on days when you know you’re going to eat a TON of food later, you still need to have something for breakfast!

This dairy-free Blueberry Coffee Cake is the perfect, healthier dish to serve your family as a special holiday breakfast!

I love making every moment of the holidays memorable, which means I do NOT want to start out a special day with your average, run-of-the-mill breakfast. No matter what the occasion–a birthday, Valentine’s day, Easter, or Christmas–you’d better believe my kids start counting down weeks early {or months when it comes to their own Birthdays😂}!

So when they come bounding down the stairs with their springy morning hair in their adorable pajamas all excited that the day is here, I want to have a super-special breakfast surprise waiting for them…like this healthy blueberry coffee cake recipe!

We all love this Blueberry Coffee Cake! It is special enough to signal that this morning is different than all the rest {I mean, c’mon…cake for breakfast?!}, but healthy enough that it doesn’t derail our entire day with a sugar rush and regret! 😉

It is dairy-free, low in sugar, and can easily be made gluten-free with great results!

A Make-Ahead Coffee Cake Recipe!

I usually bake this Blueberry Coffee Cake the night before I plan to serve it! If you haven’t picked up on this as a reader of my blog yet…I am all about make-ahead recipes!

So, on a holiday like Christmas…where the best part of the day is first thing in the morning…having breakfast, like this healthy blueberry coffee cake recipe, ready to go the night before is so helpful!

Serve it for breakfast or dessert!

Holidays are definitely not the only occasions that I make this Blueberry Coffee Cake! It is at the top of my short-list of breakfast recipes when we host out-of-town guests! And this cake is not just for breakfast…you can totally serve it as a delicious dessert too! 🙂

Dairy-Free Blueberry Coffee Cake: Substitutions

There are many acceptable substitutions in this recipe. I have tried most of them with great results:

All-Purpose Flour: can be substituted with equal amounts of your favorite gluten-free all-purpose flour blend.
Coconut Oil: If you are allergic to coconut products you can substitute equal amounts of regular butter or vegan butter (like earth balance).
Coconut Milk: Can be substituted with any non-dairy or regular dairy milk (the higher the fat content the richer the taste).
Granulated Sugar: You can use coconut sugar or your favorite unrefined granulated sugar.

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