Wellness Food Cake for Breakfast! 6 Light Coffee Cake Recipes Make these easy low-calorie coffee cake recipes for a healthy breakfast or brunch. By Health.com Editorial Team Health.com Editorial Team The editors at Health are a dedicated team of experienced health editors, writers, and other media professionals who strive to bring trustworthy and responsible health and medical content to their readers. As a team, we have decades of experience in health journalism and have worked at legacy publishers and some of the biggest news and media companies in the U.S. health's editorial guidelines Published on January 25, 2014 Share Tweet Pin Email You don't have to wait until noon to ease a sweet tooth. These six breakfast-friendly cakes are light, sweet, and a surprisingly healthy way to start your day. Sour Cream Coffee Cake Low-fat sour cream adds plenty of creaminess but saves you nearly 30 grams of fat. The lemon juice and almond extract provide subtle flavors to this simple breakfast dish. Ingredients: Breadcrumbs, flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, butter, lemons, almond extract, eggs, low-fat sour cream, walnuts, powdered sugar Calories: 253 01 of 05 Walnut Coffee Cake Randy Mayor Each mouthwatering slice of this Bundt cake reveals a cinnamon-sugar swirl full of heart-healthy walnuts. It contains 5 grams of protein (thanks to the egg substitute and buttermilk), but top it off with some fresh raspberries for added fiber. Ingredients: Dark brown sugar, chopped walnuts, ground cinnamon, all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, granulated sugar, butter, egg substitute, vanilla extract, nonfat buttermilk Calories: 298 02 of 05 Apple Spice Cake Randy Mayor Traditional apple cake recipes call for up to two sticks of butter, but this recipe cuts calories by using vegetable oil and fat-free cream cheese. Be sure to serve it with hot or iced tea for a light morning nibble. Ingredients: Dark brown sugar, fat-free cream cheese, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, eggs, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, low-fat buttermilk, Braeburn apples, powdered sugar, brandy (optional) Calories: 205 03 of 05 Blueberry Coffee Cake Moist and tender, the recipe is the perfect excuse to use fresh, antioxidant-rich blueberries. Plus it includes turbinado sugar, which offers a new dimension of texture as well as a sweet flavor. Ingredients: Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar, butter, vanilla extract, eggs, low-fat buttermilk, blueberries, turbinado sugar Calories: 287 Try this recipe: Blueberry Coffee Cake 04 of 05 Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake Becky Luigart-Stayner This light angel food cake is flavored with a real vanilla bean for a subtle, authentic flavor. It's so mild you can serve it topped with berries in the morning or some sort of fondue at night. Ingredients: Sugar, vanilla bean, cake flour, eggs, cream of tartar, salt, lemon juice Calories: 144 Try this recipe: Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake 05 of 05 Sour Cream Pound Cake John Kernick Part dessert, part breakfast food, this moist pound cake will surely satisfy. Sour cream and Greek yogurt add a creamy texture while banana, sugar, and vanilla extract give plenty of sweetness. Plus the tart berries provide the perfect topping and 4 grams of fiber. Ingredients: Butter, sugar, banana, nonfat Greek yogurt, fat-free sour cream, eggs, oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract, mixed berries, powdered sugar Calories: 403 Try this recipe: Sour Cream Pound Cake Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit