Light, chewy, and fluffy pumpkin-filled sticky roll skillet cake topped with a tasty cinnamon and cream cheese-flavored tahini frosting. This decadent and delicious dessert makes a delightful gluten-free autumn treat!
If you’re looking for a bit of gluten-free indulgence this autumn, look no further . . .
This gluten-free pumpkin sticky roll skillet cake is chock full of pumpkin spice flavors with an out-of-this world light and fluffy texture – much like a cinnamon roll!
This would also be delicious slathered with this Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting.
Top it off with a creamy, delicious cinnamon tahini cream cheese icing and you’re talking about one heavy-duty autumn treat!
If you’re in the mood for something tasty & sweet that you would never guess is gluten-free, this is most definitely it. It makes a mighty fine way to impress your guests, too!
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Almond + Coconut Pumpkin Muffins
Healthy Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
The Best Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Sticky Roll Skillet Cake with Cinnamon Tahini Cream Cheese Icing (Gluten-Free)
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup vanilla almond milk or any milk of choice, warmed
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 4 tbs coconut sugar
- 4 tbs pumpkin puree
- 2 tbs butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 cup tapioca flour
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp xanthan or guar gum
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 10 tbs coconut sugar
- 5 tbs butter softened
- 2 tbs pumpkin puree
- 2 tbs ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 5 tbs butter softened
- 3 tbs cream cheese softened
- 3 tbs raw honey
- 2 tbs tahini
- 1 tbs ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- In a large mixing bowl dissolve yeast and sugar in warmed milk. Let sit for 5 minutes or until slightly frothy.
- To your yeast mixture, stir in pumpkin, butter, vanilla and egg until smooth.
- Slowly sift in tapioca and buckwheat flours, followed by baking powder, xanthan or guar gum, salt, and baking soda. Mix until a smooth batter forms.
- Transfer to a greased mixing bowl, cover, set in a warm & dark place and let rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°. Grease a cast iron skillet or cake pan, set aside.
- Cover a cutting board with parchment paper. Flour the surface well.
- Remove cake batter from bowl and place on floured parchment paper. Sprinkle batter and rolling pin liberally with flour. Roll out until you have a square shape roughly 1/2" thick.
- Combine all filling ingredients, mix until smooth.
- Take 1/2 of your filling/topping mixture and spread over your cake batter square.
- Using a sharp knife, cut your dough into 8 strips. Roll and twist each strip until you have a very rustic cinnamon roll like shape (this will be messy and that's okay!). Place each rustic sticky roll into your greased skillet or pan, making sure each roll touches the next forming a round cake like shape.
- Pour remaining filling/topping mixture over your rolls. Place into your preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- While your cake is baking, prepare your icing. Whisk together all icing ingredients until smooth. If it's too runny for your taste, you can refrigerate until it hardens slightly.
- When your cake is done baking, remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes, or until ready to eat. Place your icing into a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off and squeeze over your cake in design of choice, or simply spread your icing over cake with a knife. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated using a third-party calculator and is an estimate only.
What is the purpose of the xanthan or guar gum? Just wondering if I have to use it. Also, can I use regular flour? I don’t need to make things gluten free so I don’t have tapioca flour at the ready. Thanks!
Hi, Julie! The gum helps these gluten-free flours mimic conventional flour by adding elasticity and binding power. I have not tested this with regular flour, but a starch adds lightness to the dough. I think using regular flour in conjunction with the buckwheat will result in more dense results, so if you can replace the tapioca with any starch instead that would work best. Corn starch, arrowroot starch, potato starch, etc. I hope this helps!