Coffee cake

Coffee cake

Apple coffee cake
Type	Cake

A whole coffee cake topped with nuts

Coffee cake is a common cake or sweetbread available in many countries. The term "coffee cake" can refer to any of the following:

• A class of cakes intended to be eaten alongside coffee (for example, as part of a breakfast meal) or that may be eaten during a "coffee break" or offered to guests as a gesture of hospitality on or around a coffee table. Under this definition, a coffee cake does not necessarily contain coffee. They are typically single layer cakes that may be square or rectangular like a Stollen or loaf-shaped rectangular cakes, or they may be ring shaped. Coffee cakes may be flavored with cinnamon or other spices, seeds, nuts and fruits. These cakes sometimes have a crumbly or crumb topping called streusel and/or a light glaze drizzle. Some similarity to teacakes may be found, though teacakes can be individually sized baked items served with tea.

• A cake, often sponge cake, which is made with coffee or has a coffee flavor.

See also

• Amish Friendship Bread, a sweet, cinnamon flavored cake made with a sourdough starter
• Banana bread, a cake-like "quickbread" made with bananas
• Bundt cake, an American German-style ring shaped cake
• Danish, a sweet pastry, originally from Vienna
• Depression cake, a type of cake made during the Great Depression in America, sometimes containing coffee
• Gooey butter cake, a Midwestern cake, coming from a mix-up with a German American recipe
• Kugelhopf, a tall ring shaped European coffee cake
• Madeleine, a small, light, French shell-shaped cake, nut or lemon flavored
• Malt loaf, a sweet dark bread, sometimes with fruit, from the UK
• Ontbijtkoek, Dutch breakfast cake, often with spices, ginger, and citrus
• Streuselkuchen, the German cake with the crumb topping known as streusel
• Teacake, a variety of baked goods that are served with tea as well as coffee, or come from areas where tea drinking has been more popular than coffee
• Tiramisu, the Italian dessert made with sponge cake, coffee, custard, and chocolate

References

• Seibert Pappas, Lou (2012). Coffee Cakes: Simple, Sweet, and Savory. Chronicle Books. ISBN 1452112770. Retrieved January 2013. 

External links

• Cooking For Engineers: Pecan Coffee Cake - step by step instructions with photographs for making a pecan coffee cake
• Easy coffee cake recipes
• Coffee Cake