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Coffee Cake a Tasty Treat for Breakfast or Brunch


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The term coffee cake is derived from the fact that it usually served with coffee or a tasty treat with breakfast and brunch. Although it does not generally contain coffee as an ingredient, some recipes do add coffee to the glazes. Coffee cake by definition is a wide variety of light sweet yeast cakes that contain nuts, fruits, and spices. The cakes are usually topped with a glaze or a cinnamon strudel (a mixture of butter, sugar, and cinnamon).



Gourmet coffee cakes can be found almost anywhere from your local bakery to pastry shops online. CoffeeCakes.com offers useful information regarding the history of coffee, coffee cakes and much more. Their gourmet coffee cakes range from Bristo type cakes, to Grandma’s traditional sour cream cakes. You can also find foreign cakes like Stollen from Germany, and Stroopwafels from Holland.



Here in America, Southern Louisiana to be precise is the home of a very famous coffee cake, known as King Cake. French in origin, King Cake is available in South Louisiana only after January 6th, of each year, through Mardi Gras Day. There is however a company, Haydels, that you can order the cake from year around. The cakes are oval-shaped and are made from a basic coffee cake like dough that is decorated with colored granulated sugar, usually the carnival colors, and sometimes filled with traditional coffee cake fillings, like fruits and nuts. They are served with chicory coffee and eaten warm.



You can find them if varying sizes and shapes, tastes and flavors. You might even find that you have a special coffee cake recipe hiding somewhere in your grandmother’s old cookbooks. So brush the dust off and give it a try. They are easy to make and the ingredients are not hard to find.



Coffee cakes make a tasty treat for that special breakfast and brunch you may be planning. From sour cream to blueberry filled, coffee cakes are very versatile. They are a treat you can serve year round; with a little imagination you might create your own traditional coffee cake.



 






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