coffee cake
noun
: a sweet rich bread often with added fruit, nuts, and spices that is sometimes glazed after baking
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Blackberry Crunch Muffins marry coffee cake and muffin elements and tart berries for something that is equal parts breakfast and dessert.
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Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The cake part of the coffee cake recipe is identical; as is the glaze.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Bring the coffee into the coffee cake, not beside it.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
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, 28 Dec. 2025
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Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The cake part of the coffee cake recipe is identical; as is the glaze.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Bring the coffee into the coffee cake, not beside it.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
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, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coffee cake
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