coffee cake
nounDefinition of coffee cake
: a sweet rich bread often with added fruit, nuts, and spices that is sometimes glazed after baking
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In the Baltimore area, McDonald's tried offering coffee cake and 160-calorie blueberry muffin tops. — Leslie Patton, chicagotribune.com, "McDonald's wants to win breakfast by selling the best part of the muffin," 26 June 2018 Alongside their muffin toppers, the brand plans to launch coffee cakes, cookies, and apple pies with lattice crusts that are baked in house. — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, "McDonald's Takes a Cue from Seinfeld and Will Start Serving Muffin Tops," 27 June 2018 In some McDonald's test markets, including Baltimore, the fast-food chain is offering products like coffee cake and 160-calorie blueberry muffin tops. — Ben Tobin, USA TODAY, "In plot right out of 'Seinfeld' episode McDonald's selling muffin tops in some test markets," 27 June 2018 Caramel mousse for coffee cake is next on her list. — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appetit, "The Mysterious World of Burrow, a Japanese Bakery Hiding In an Office Lobby," 13 June 2018 The menu will include crabmeat maison, oysters en brochette, trout amandine and coffee cake bread pudding. — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, "Carrollton Market cooks haute Creole for next Todd Price Taste Club," 2 Mar. 2018 On the sweet side, don’t pass up the walnut coffee cake, which is served warm, the better to soak up the bourbon-caramel glaze. — Michael Russell | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, "Portland's 10 best new brunches for Mother's Day 2018," 8 May 2018 Her favorite cake is her grandmother’s coffee cake. — Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, "Five finalists vie for 'Best Cupcake Ever' in contest to support literacy," 22 Apr. 2018 Try marbling a coffee cake, tahini brownies, or different colors of meringue. — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, "How to Make Marble Cake With a Dramaaaatic Swirl," 29 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coffee cake.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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