Coffee cake

Coffee cake
Coffee cake
Type Cake
Region or state Germany
American Cranberry Coffee cake

Coffee cake is cake intended to be eaten with, or flavored with, coffee. British coffee cake is a sponge flavoured with coffee.[1] They are generally round and consist of two layers separated by coffee flavoured butter icing, which also covers the top of the cake. Walnuts are a common addition to coffee cakes.[2] In the United States, coffee cake generally refers to a sweet cake intended to be eaten with coffee or tea (like tea cake).[3][4]

Coffee cakes, as an accompaniment for coffee, are often single layer, flavored with either fruit or cinnamon, and leavened with either baking soda (or baking powder), which results in a more cake-like texture, or yeast, which results in a more bread-like texture. Sour cream is used in traditional American coffee cakes to both impart a tart flavor and activate baking soda used as a leavening agent.[5]

Varieties

American coffee cake

A variety of crumb cake (Streuselkuchen) which contains flour, sugar, butter and cinnamon granules on top.[6]

Applesauce cake

Applesauce cake is sometimes prepared and served as a coffee cake.[7][8]

Arany galuska

In Hungary, there is a type of coffee cake called arany galuska containing walnuts and cinnamon.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Coffee Cake". BBC Good Food. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Cloake, Felicity (16 April 2014). "How to make the perfect coffee and walnut cake". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Brennan, G. (2015). Brunch: Recipes for Cozy Weekend Mornings. Weldon Owen. p. PT 83. ISBN 978-1-61628-987-4.
  4. ↑ Fields, D. (2000). Debbi Fields' Great American Desserts: 100 Mouthwatering Easytoprepare Recipes. Simon & Schuster. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-7432-0205-3.
  5. ↑ "American Cakes - Sour Cream Coffeecake History & Recipe". Tori Avey. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  6. ↑ Maxespresso (April 30, 2016). "The story of coffee cake". Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Clarkson, Potter; Martha Stewart's Cakes' (September 24, 2013). "Recipe: Applesauce Coffee Cake". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ Brownetone, Cecily (October 10, 1969). "Cooking Is Fun". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Marks, Gil (17 November 2010). "Encyclopedia of Jewish Food". HMH. Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via Google Books.

Further reading

  • Seibert Pappas, Lou (2012). Coffee Cakes: Simple, Sweet, and Savory. Chronicle Books. ISBN 1452112770. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
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