coffee cake
noun
: a sweet rich bread often with added fruit, nuts, and spices that is sometimes glazed after baking
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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
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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
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“Coffee cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20cake. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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