Definition of Coffee cake

1. Noun. A cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee.

Exact synonyms: Coffeecake
Generic synonyms: Cake
Specialized synonyms: Babka, Coffee Ring

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffee Cake

coffa
coffed
coffee
coffee-ground vomit
coffee-house
coffee-houses
coffee-table book
coffee bar
coffee bars
coffee bean
coffee beans
coffee berry
coffee blight
coffee break
coffee breaks
coffee cake (current term)
coffee can
coffee capuccino
coffee cream
coffee culture
coffee cup
coffee fern
coffee filter
coffee fungus
coffee grinder
coffee grinders
coffee grounds
coffee house
coffee houses
coffee klatch

Literary usage of Coffee cake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Household Hints by Emma Whitcomb Babcock (1881)
"coffee cake.—Two cups of flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of fruit, half a cup of molasses, half a cup of butter, half a cup of cold coffee, two eggs, ..."

2. Practical Housekeeping: A Careful Compilation of Tried and Approved Recipes by Estelle Woods Wilcox, Bertha Clow (1883)
"Flavor with lemon or rose.—Mrs. WP Anderson. coffee cake. ... Mrs. Wm. Skinner, Battle Creek, coffee cake. One cup brown sugar, cup molasses, ..."

3. My Favorite Receipt by Royal Baking Powder Company (1886)
"coffee cake.—1 cup strong, cold coffee, 1 cup each of molasses, brown sugar, ... coffee cake.—1 pt potato yeast, 1 pt flour, and warm water to make a thick ..."

4. Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping by Estelle Woods Wilcox (1877)
"coffee cake. Two cups brown sugar, one of butter, ... coffee cake. One cup brown sugar, cup molasses, half cup butter, ..."

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