The Days Of The Stale Dry Coffee Cake Are Gone
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Coffee Cake.

You do not have to be a coffee drinker to enjoy the crumbly goodness of a coffee cake. These are not the stale cakes that your grandmother kept under a glass bowl on the counter. You ate it to be polite. However, it was so dry that it seemed no amount of coffee or milk would help you swallow it. Today's coffee cakes are more related to real cakes, and some of them have real cake mixes as an ingredient. When toppings and icing are added, these coffee companions taste more like coffee pastries.

Convenience is the coffee cake's middle name. They are easy to bake, and can be made ahead of time and frozen. Warm the frozen cakes in low oven or microwave to revive the moistness. They also keep well on the counter if covered with plastic wrap (or your grandmother's glass bowl). These cakes rarely last long enough to require refrigeration, though. Innovative new ingredients create coffee-style cakes that appeal to almost anyone.

Various fruits are used as tasty cake ingredients. These recipes take their cues from pies such as apple, pumpkin, and pecan. The apple streusel cake combines the sweet tartness of baked apples with the sweetness of brown sugar. Pumpkin coffee cakes mix the creamy filling of a pumpkin pie with the light, airy texture of a cake. Neither of these cake recipes is complete without a generous dollop of warm candied pecans, and a cup of coffee.

Bakers frequently develop surprising new cake recipes. You can now enjoy your favorite caffeinated brew with a cornbread cake topped with strawberry preserves. Peanut butter, honey, and cinnamon have been baked into a pastry-like confection. Although it sounds strange, don't turn down the apple and sour cream cake with your coffee until you taste it.

You may have noticed that none of these cakes actually contain coffee. They are named because the beverage most often consumed with them is coffee, not because they contain it. Most coffee cake recipes need no embellishment, but try adding whipped cream, icing, or ice cream for a decadent coffee snack.

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