coffee cake

noun

: a sweet rich bread often with added fruit, nuts, and spices that is sometimes glazed after baking

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When shopping for your cinnamon coffee cake or pumpkin pie recipes this fall, Thomason recommends sticking to brands of cinnamon that test for heavy metals, or have been deemed safe by a reputable third party. Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024 Though not an exact replacement, longtime Costco fans may recognize some similarities between this cake and the discontinued coffee cake muffins. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2024 Avocado toast economics, debunked For all O’Leary’s conviction about the dangers of a mid-afternoon latte fix, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest consumers can have their coffee cake and eat it, too. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024 Get The Recipe 15 of 21 Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Homemade caramel sauce is the finishing touch that takes this apple coffee cake from good to great. Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coffee cake 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of coffee cake was in 1865

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“Coffee cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20cake. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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