Easy Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe (Dairy-Free, V, GF, Refined Sugar-Free)

Published: Sep 10, 2018 · by Demeter | Beaming Baker 69 Comments · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Easy Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe (V, GF): a thick layer of moist pumpkin coffee cake with a cinnamon sweet, buttery-rich topping. Made with healthy, whole ingredients. Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free.

When I was a little kid, I loved sneaking into the kitchen and taking a peek at what was off limits. What fell beneath this tempting category? A special occasion chocolate cake my mom made for a big family event. The completely made-from-scratch eggrolls my mom made for a work thing. The highly-coveted coffee cake a family friend gifted us from some faraway location… lorded over by master pastry chefs.

Guess what I tried to sneak a bite of first?

ALL. I mean, if all of those heavenly treats were in the kitchen at the exact same time. I would’ve tried them all!

One thing I remember very clearly is that coffee cake. We’d get one—exactly one—coffee cake once a year. For a family of six, that’s not much coffee cake to go around.

And for a family of six with four girls with very, very healthy appetites… well, that one coffee cake might as well have been a petit four. Yes, one petit four. <– Okay, now I can see how having a number in the food item I’m using as an example in a sentence with a number in it is confusing. Hey, I didn’t make the rules!

Anywho… when we finally sat down as a family to get a slice of that coffee cake… man, you should’ve seen how well-behaved a group of kids could be. Hah.

We’d each get what I judged to be a paper thin slice of coffee cake (with enough saved for a second go-around at a later, even more special date). Of course, that slice was probably at least half of an inch thick, but my appetite definitely made me biased.

I’d reach for my fork, and delicately poke the tines into that perfectly dense, but still slightly fluffy and moist coffee cake. It was buttery, rich, and oh-so-good. I’d eat the cake part as slowly as I could, and stretch out each bite with a long gulp of milk in between. Then, I’d get to the best part, the last part: the topping.

Oh my goodness, that topping. It was so much sweeter, even more buttery, and just the BEST with that kick of cinnamon. There could not be a better taste in the world than that topping.

And I promised myself, when I grew up, I’d figure out a way to fly all the way to that faraway land to buy ALL the coffee cakes so I could eat as much as I pleased.

Or I’d figure out a way to make it.

In an ode to fall and all of the great things that come of it, I’m dedicating this Easy Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe to little me. And to little you.

For all the desserts we weren’t allowed to touch, or had just a paper-thin slice of growing up. 😉

Here’s my take on that delicious coffee cake from my childhood, with a fantastic fall twist: PUMPKIN!!! It’s dense, rich, satisfying… with a medium-sweet “cake”, and a sweeter nutty topping (for balance, of course).

I hope you enjoy! Allow me to shower you with all of this easy gluten free vegan pumpkin coffee cake recipe’s finest aspects. It’s:

the very epitome of fall! (okay, maybe that was too dramatic, oh well)
amazing, with a moist, rich and satisfying and thick cake
sweet, nutty and buttery in the delicious topping portion
soon-to-be your favorite vegan gluten free fall treat! Along with these: Gluten Free Maple Pecan Pumpkin Muffins, Skillet-Roasted Maple Cinnamon Pecans, Paleo Apple Pecan Coconut Crisp. 🙂
just the perfect easy pumpkin streusel coffee cake you’ve been looking for
amazing paired with my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies (Vegan, Gluten Free)
made with the simple, healthy, whole ingredients you know and love
the perfect vegan gluten free coffee cake to enjoy for breakfast or dessert 😉
delightfully allergy-friendly
hopefully a cozy reminder and throwback to your favorite childhood fall treats

Best Tools for Easy Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Coffee Cake

Here are a few of my favorite pieces of kitchen equipment and ingredients to use when making this vegan pumpkin coffee cake.

4 Event Timer – Seriously one of my favorite kitchen tools EVER. This super cool timer helps you keep track of 4 different events at once! I love using it to keep track of bake time, cool time in pan, cool time on rack, and bake time for my second recipe.
8-inch Square Baking Pan – A truly wonderful pan that I’ve used hundreds of times, if not thousands.
Unbleached Parchment Paper – I love how this parchment paper makes clean up a breeze. And it keeps the pumpkin coffee cake from sticking to the pan!
Pantry Staples: Unblanched Almond Meal | Gluten Free Oat Flour | Organic Pumpkin Puree | Coconut Sugar | Coconut Oil | Pure Maple Syrup | Ground Flaxseed

Start warming up the oven, because you’ve got something super special to make! 🙂 I can’t wait to hear what you think of my Easy Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe. It’s truly an honor to share in these kitchen adventures with you and your loved ones. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and share in a sweet moment with me. ‘Til next time…

Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️

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