Orange, Cranberry & Pecan Coffee Cake

Prep time: 15 min • Cook time: 12 to 15 min • Yield: 8 servings Equipment

• 8- or 9-inch round cake pan

Ingredients

• 2 cups blanched almond flour
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• ¼ cup dried unsweetened cranberries
• 1 tablespoon orange zest (do not use white pith)
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 teaspoon pure orange extract or ½ teaspoon orange oil (you can use vanilla if you don’t have the orange extract/oil)
• Coconut oil pan spray or 1 teaspoon coconut oil, melted

Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray pan with coconut oil or brush with melted coconut oil.
2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, pecans, and cranberries. In a smaller bowl combine remaining wet ingredients: orange zest, egg, honey, and orange extract and mix well.
3. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients ­­­and mix well.  You may need to knead dough in the bowl a few times to insure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
4. Turn dough out into prepared pan and spread evenly. Dough will be thick and sticky. Cut dough as you would a pie into 8 evenly-sized slices. This will make it easier to remove from pan when cool.
5. Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes. When edges and top are lightly golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out dry, it is done.
6. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before removing from pan. Rescore the slices with a sharp knife, remove slices with a metal spatula, and serve.

Notes: If you choose, you can glaze the coffee cake. Mix 2 tablespoons powdered coconut sugar with 1 tablespoon orange juice and stir vigorously until smooth. When cool, drizzle over coffee cake in a zigzag pattern.