coffee cake

noun

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

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Listen now to hear all the tips and tricks for your coffee cake scone dreams! Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2025 At Mensch’s, both locations have coffee cake, chocolate chip banana bread, and babka, which can be prepared in a French toast fashion, and black and white cookies planned to come to both locations. Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 The coffee cake has great crumb to density ratio, the cowboy cookie is a decadent meal in itself, and the massive chocolate chip cookie is like a big bear hug of chocolate chunks. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025 The meals with sides often felt random: zucchini with mac and cheese and nuggets; a cornbread on the side of chili that tasted exactly like a cinnamon coffee cake (the flavors didn't go well together on that one). Molly Higgins, Wired News, 29 May 2025 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 25 Jun. 2025.

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