coffee cake
noun
: a sweet rich bread often with added fruit, nuts, and spices that is sometimes glazed after baking
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While most coffee cake recipes don’t involve any coffee at all, these colossal bakery-style muffins take the recipe name a bit more literally.
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025
This old-fashioned coffee cake is equally nice for breakfast or dessert is studded with fruit and topped with cinnamon sugar.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Generally speaking, king cakes are part cinnamon roll, part coffee cake, and usually iced with the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
This cozy dessert tastes a bit like a glazed doughnut and a coffee cake.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025
This old-fashioned coffee cake is equally nice for breakfast or dessert is studded with fruit and topped with cinnamon sugar.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Generally speaking, king cakes are part cinnamon roll, part coffee cake, and usually iced with the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
This cozy dessert tastes a bit like a glazed doughnut and a coffee cake.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coffee cake
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“Coffee cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20cake. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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