The trend among most coffee cooks is to use the most basic coffees (or coffee flavorings) to achieve the desired effect. Personally, we’re firm believers in quality coffees for quality results. Of course, some would say that to use the best Kona coffee Hawaii produces in a conventional recipe would be sacrilegious. That the only way to...
Rounding off our trio of tempting coffee recipes from some of the UK’s best chefs, we thought it only right to include a coffee cake in the mix. After all, what better way to put the best coffee beans in the world to good use than by throwing together the ultimate coffee cake? This chocolate, almond and coffee cake by Ben Tish is very...
Slowly but surely, the world is waking up to the fact that going vegan is not about making sacrifices. Switching to a plant-based diet can be beneficial in so many ways - without the need to compromise on flavor and enjoyment of the foods you love. A point proven by this absolutely decadent vegan coffee cake...
Coffee cake is definitely a crowd pleaser, and everybody has their favorite coffee cake recipe. But at the same time, you could also say that everyday coffee cake is not exactly a showstopper. That is, until you try your hand at this particular recipe for a boozy espresso Martini Cake. Shared some time ago by...
More people than ever before are finding themselves being advised by their doctors or dieticians to exclude gluten from their diets. Or perhaps, minimize consumption of gluten due to the diagnosis of sensitivities. Being told you cannot tolerate gluten never comes as welcome news. On the plus side, going gluten-free in this day...
Making coffee cake can be as easy or as complicated as you allow it to be. If you really wish to do so, you can go nuts with the most elaborate coffee cake recipe imaginable comprising dozens of weird and wonderful ingredients. If you’d prefer an easy ride with the guarantee of consistently solid results, going for something simpler is probably sensible. For those in the latter bracket...
Read MoreTechnically speaking, making a coffee cake is relatively easy. At its core, the simplest coffee cake recipe is basically just an everyday cake batter with the addition of coffee - liquid or dry. After which, anything you do to elevate your coffee cake recipe is entirely up to you. In any case, this in turn means that the most important rules for baking the perfect coffee cake are more or less identical to...
What could be more disappointing than a coffee cake that barely tastes like coffee? Maybe a chocolate cake that doesn’t taste anything like chocolate, but that’s by the by. Seriously though, it’s always disheartening to follow a seemingly fool-proof coffee cake recipe to the letter, only to come out disappointed. Cake that’s too heavy, too light or too dry is bad enough, but coffee cake that…
One of the few things every coffee lover would most likely agree on is that there’s really no indulgence quite like an epic piece of coffee cake. But at the same time, there’s also nothing more frustrating than biting into a seriously disappointing slice.
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