coffee cake
noun
: a sweet rich bread often with added fruit, nuts, and spices that is sometimes glazed after baking
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These bakery-style muffins take the recipe coffee cake name a bit more literally.
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
So May's recipe for coffee cake cones is out now on Bonappetit.com.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2025
What most diners yearned for were the heaps of food that were handed out with every meal: rolls, pickles, muffins — and, in years past — coffee cakes and an assortment of pastries, including five different types of danishes.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Five years ago, McEnroe went full-time with her coffee cake endeavors.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
So May's recipe for coffee cake cones is out now on Bonappetit.com.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2025
What most diners yearned for were the heaps of food that were handed out with every meal: rolls, pickles, muffins — and, in years past — coffee cakes and an assortment of pastries, including five different types of danishes.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Five years ago, McEnroe went full-time with her coffee cake endeavors.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coffee cake
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“Coffee cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20cake. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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