This Blueberry Soufflé is a rich and creamy and gluten-free dessert that’s easy to make! A healthier twist on the classic French sweet dessert soufflé dish with a light custard-like center.
dreaming of Dessert!
I dreamt of dessert last night. I dreamt that this blueberry soufflé dessert was fresh out of the oven and waiting for me the moment I awoke. Accompanied with a pot of coffee of course.
Speaking of dreams, our dreams have changed drastically over the past year. Most of you know my has husband is now retired from the pro athlete life and has been searching for a new path (for us both). And today marks the first day of my husband’s new job/career. I could not be more ecstatic for him and proud to be his wife.
That calls for a celebration dessert, right?
What is a Sweet Soufflé?
Sweet soufflés, though not as common, provide a spectacular conclusion to a grand dinner. Sweet soufflés are a delightful and elegant dessert that impresses with its light, airy texture and rich flavors. Popular flavors include chocolate, Grand Marnier, raspberry, and banana.
Well, being that I like to beat to a different drum, I decided we needed to make a blueberry sweet souffle (versus raspberry) and gluten-free of course.
Is Soufflé a Custard Dessert?
I picked this dessert/brunch bake because custard is one of my husband’s favorite desserts. And boy does this have a rich and creamy custard like center, not to mention a light crust topping. Best of both worlds ya’ll!
Tips for Making a blueberry Soufflé
To make a perfect sweet soufflé, butter and sugar the ramekins, use room temperature eggs, and whip the egg whites to firm, glossy peaks.
Gently fold the egg whites into the base mixture then carefully fold the blueberries into the whipped egg whites to retain as much air as possible.
Avoid opening the oven door during baking and serve the soufflé immediately for the best texture.
Gluten-Free Blueberry Souffle
- Total Time: 54 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This Blueberry Soufflé rich and creamy and gluten-free sweet soufflé that’s easy to make! A healthier twist on the classic French dessert.
Ingredients
- 4 room temp eggs separate (4 egg yolks, and 4 egg whites)
- 1 whole egg (room temp)
- ¾ cup coconut milk (drinking milk)
- 3 tbsp clarified butter or vegan/dairy free butter
- 3 tbsp coconut flour (thin or sifted)
- ¼ tsp (a pinch) of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup fine coconut sugar
- 1 ¼ cup blueberries
- ⅓ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- Optional Toppings – Swerve sugar free powdered sugar or honey
Instructions
- First, whisk your butter and milk in a small pot on medium low. Once blended together slowly add in your coconut flour. Stir until batter is form. Don’t over mix. Remove from heat and let cool.
- In a small bowl, combine your egg and egg yolks together, add your vanilla, salt, and fold in your milk/flour/butter mixture. Stir until smooth and set aside.
- Next, combine your egg whites in a mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed until foamy peaks start to form. Keep beating and slowly add in your sugar. Beat again.Set aside.
- Now go back to your egg yolk/flour mix bowl. Gently fold in ½ cup of your berries, then half your egg white mixture. Repeat again. Fold in another ½ cup berries, then rest of your egg white mixture and your coconut shavings.
- Mix gently and not to overmix.
- Pour batter into 9×9 greased baking dish or into 4 -5 dessert ramekins
- Bake at 375 F Bake in middle rack until puffed and browned crust on top but still soft looking in center. This usually takes 18-24 minutes depending on oven. Ramekins could take anywhere between 12-16 minutes. Try not to open the oven while cooking. If you are using ramekins,
- Remove and serve immediately. Add extra berries, coconut, cream, or honey on top of each if desired. The soufflé will deflate a tad due to it being grain free, but it’s still delicious as is!
Notes
This soufflé bake can be made earlier to save time. Just assemble up to 30 minutes before baking. Keep it covered with an upside large bowl. Make sure the batter doesn’t touch the bowl. Keep it out at room temperature until ready to bake.
If you are at altitude, your souffle make take less time to bake.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 24 min
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: french/american
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 10 g
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg
This dish, literally my favorite! Probably because it’s an excuse to eat dessert for breakfast! Plus I loved that the kiwi and the rest of my family thoroughly enjoyed it too! Such a great celebration dish for a brunch, dinner party, or ahem…. mother’s day! Just sayin..
Everyone that commented says it LOOKS amazing. Let me assure you that it doesn’t taste amazing. Followed step by step and wow.
Blueberry frittata, anyone? Anyone? I hate the internet.
I’m so sorry you didn’t like it. I wonder what went wrong. We’ve made this a lot and my family loves it.
Oh my, that sounds incredible!
thanks Lauren!
I can’t wait to try this! Only 3 tablespoons of coconut flour for the whole thing? Looks so good…
yes! crazy, right? It’s all about the egg/egg white fluff! so good!
I recently made something similar! It’s delicious! SO easy too!
So tempting, gorgeous and healthy to boot! Love this souffle!!
Thanks Liz!
This looks like the perfect way to celebrate and I might just add this to my Mother’s Day brunch menu that I’m hosting. Coconut, blueberries… YUM!
Looks AMAZING! you know I’ll be making it very soon….already got it pinned 😉 Congrats to your hubby, so exciting!!!
Yay!! Keep me posted
Yay! I love this friend! So happy for you and James and finally having your next step together! This dessert looks delish!!! And I LOL’d at your dream about the marathon 😉 hehe. love you!
thank you friend. I just am so happy to have a new goal/vision/dream for us. ya know?
Thank you friend! Whole new journey. And love you right baxk
This sounds fantastic. Definitely post run material.
A big congrats to the Kiwi! I’m so happy for you both.
thank you friend. I’m happy for him!
Thanks hot mama!
A big huge congrats to the Kiwi!!! And to both of you for making it through all the struggles of the past little while. Rock stars 🙂 Also, if I told you that I ran the marathon in my dreams, would this be waiting for me when I woke up?? 😀
you got it! but you must bring over your brownie batter protein pudding. cause i think I’d like that the next morning. Mmm k?
Yes, the Boston Marathon–cheers to them! Also, congratulations on your husband’s new job! Both indeed deserve a lot of celebration. But may I just say that this souffle does NOT look Paleo at all. I thought that this would be full of the sinful heavy creams, sugars and flours, but I cannot believe that it’s full of super wholesome ingredients! It looks so so good!
yes! believe it and i think you’ll love this! well. I hope so! haha! <3
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my my my, this looks AMAAAZING! I’ll take five 😉 xo
yum, this looks so good!
Looks amazing!
thanks friend
sending you both big hugs…this is a wonderful news..even better when the celebration includes dessert/breakfast/brunch all into one 🙂
thank you friend! sending hugs right back!
Oh my goodness, I am drooling over this recipe. Looks absolutely delicious!!
thank you friend! i would share but we ate it all already. LOL!
The colors & sounds amazing!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!! Will you tell what he is doing???
So happy some of the stress is off!
well…. i dunno really. LOL! he got a sales/marketing?? position at a new start up company that’s owned by EMC. It’s a great company and has a lot of potential for moving up and elsewhere. hint hint NZ!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO exciting!!!!! Maybe you can work less hard now!
I hope so! Haha
loving these photos! definitely wishing for a bite of this fluffy souffle right now, so perfect. X
Oh yes, please come share! i would love that!
Congrats to hubby! I will celebrate with you 🙂 ps love you included fool proof in this recipe lol. It does look kinda scary, but delicious!
OMG i think i meant fool proof. YOu may be the pregnant one but I have pregnancy brain. LOL!
I gotta try this. I love everything with blueberries. Thanks for the idea
This looks simply delicious Lindsay! If we decide to stay in for brunch this weekend instead of going out (early Mother’s Day with my mother in law) I will have to make this! I think it would be perfect for brunch.
Hooray for Kiwi! I hope he absolutely loves it!
Speaking of love… Vegas would LOVE this. Anything bread-y she can’t get enough off. Not that I’m much different… 🙂
This looks delicious! i love how the recipe has ‘fail proof’ written in it as well haha… basically if you screw it up – you’re a failure. And good luck to your hubby! Hope it goes well for him 🙂
Congrats to you and the hubster – because we know what’s behind every successful man 😉
Lindsay, I usually celebrate with chocolate – but with blueberry and custard in one sentence – this is indeed one fantatsic celebration meal – especially with a side of coffee!
Happy monday friend!
I am drooling. I love blueberries. I need this in my life right meow.
Yay for new jobs and first days (mine is next Monday!). So glad you guys are able to celebrate. This souffle looks A-MAZING!
Perfect way to celebrate! Congrats to your family, and this is definitely the stuff of dreams!
Congratulations to your husband!! So so exciting for you both 🙂 And this recipe looks and sounds incredible! I love how it’s fail-proof!
YAY for Mr. Cotter/Kiwi and I agree that this souffle is the perfect way to celebrate!
Congrats to your husband AND you!! 🙂 New dreams and goals and things to work towards are always scary, but also VERY VERY exciting! That is definitely something to celebrate!
you know it!
This looks so fluffy! I love souffles and love that texture so this looks amazing 🙂
This looks so perfect! Love that it’s fail proof too.
I am so glad to hear that- congrats to him!! What a challenging year it must have been…it’s so hard to wait and wonder what’s next. Definitely worth celebrating!!And this looks incredible.
Congrats to your husband! And congrats to you–I know what it is like to go through just such a transition. It takes a strong family unit, that is for sure.
Now gimme this.
I would happily take this as a post marathon meal later – it looks too good! I’m kind of feeling like you did in your first dream right now, we shall see!
you’re gonna rock it!! wish I could come cheer!