Sugar Free Apple Streusel Coffee Cake
Sugar Free Apple Streusel Coffee Cake, a delicious no added sugar dessert recipe for a moist and flavorful layered cake made from scratch.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Streusel
- ¾ cup Flour
- ⅓ cup Brown Sugar Alternative --Select an alternative that measures like brown sugar and that can also be baked with for best results.
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ cup Butter . --Your butter should be cold and cut into chunks.
Cake.
- 1¾ cup All purpose flour.
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt.
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon.
- ⅓ cup Butter.
- ¼ cup Sugar Alternative. --Select a granular sugar alternative that measures like granulated sugar and that can also be baked with.
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar Alternative. --Select an alternative that measures like brown sugar and that can also be baked with for best results.
- 1 Egg. At room temperature.
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract.
- ¾ cup Buttermilk.
Filling.
- ⅓ Brown Sugar Alternative. --Select an alternative that measures like brown sugar and that can also be baked with for best results.
- 2 tbsp Flour
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon.
- 1½ cups Apples. --Peeled, cored, and finely diced
Instructions
- Prepare. Gather in prepare your ingredients as indicated. This includes removing the cores and skin from your apples. Also, prep your cake pan for nonstick and preheat your oven to 350f.
- Streusel Layer. In a small mixing bowl, use a whisk or a fork to combine together the flour, brown sugar alternative, and ground cinnamon. Add your butter to the bowl and then use a pastry cutter or fork to cut the butter into the flour mixture until the butter is no bigger than the size of small peas.
- Dry Ingredients. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the flour together with the baking soda, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
- Cake Layer. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with the sugar alternatives on high speed with the paddle attachment until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract to the mixing bowl and continue beating on high until combined. Then scrape down the sides of your bowl, set the speed to medium, and slowly add the dry ingredients from the last step and beat until just combined. Lastly add the Buttermilk and beat the ingredients on medium until a smooth, thick batter remains. Set aside the batter for just a second while to prep the filling.
- Filling In a clean medium mixing bowl, use a rubber spatula or similar item to fold the diced apples into the brown sugar alternative, ground cinnamon and flour until the apples to be completely covered with the dry ingredients.
- Assemble Start by smoothing half of the batter from the large mixing bowl over the bottom of your prepared baking pan. Use a slotted spoon to spread the apple filling in an even layer on the top of the batter layer. Evenly spread the remaining half of the batter over the apples and smooth it out into an even layer. Then top the entire cake in an even layer of streusel topping.
- Bake. Bake the cake in your preheated oven until the top of the cake is golden brown and crispy (about 30-35 minutes) .
- Cool Allow the cake to cool for at least 30 minutes to set before slicing it into servings.
Recipe Notes
*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
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October 14, 2025*About Sugar Alternatives
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Nutrition
Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 235mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 331IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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