The name is a misnomer. If you are thinking there is any taste of coffee in this cake, there is not. I am sure you know this, but I just have to write about it because I was fooled too many times. Either while looking up recipes or buying a cake at the store the lack of coffee as an ingredient in the first and lack of it in the later has always had me boiling. When I first looked up a recipe for coffee cake, I was hoping to find one with coffee flavor, and when I did not, I was quite angry. I was appalled that there could be such huge discrepancies in a recipe. These small things always make me wonder about language in general, and how some things came to be called what they are called!
Now I know this is a cake meant to be had with coffee, or on a break or chat (gossip) with friends. According to questionable intelligence from Wikipedia, (I say this because the article has a note on top "This article does not cite any references or sources" ) these cakes are generally square or rectangle. Now with so many things going wrong beginning with the name for these cakes, I baked mine in a pie pan and hence it was round, obviously. Please do use the measurements and guidance for pan size given below for best results.
The recipe is from a friend at my Bible class on Wednesdays. About 15 ladies, including me, meet and have a terrific time of learning and sharing. We take snacks to have with tea or coffee during these sessions. This one was brought by Emily and was a huge hit with us all! Since she knew about my blogging, I was asking her about the recipe. She typed it out neatly and sent me an email of the recipe. She was very generous to share this recipe! I am enjoying this cake with a cup of coffee as I write. To generous friends and family here is quick, painless, tasty recipe.
To talk about the cake itself it is nice, sweet, and oh-so-buttery. Calories yes, but very quickly made, AND it is a fantastic option when you have someone visiting on short notice. I love recipes which can be put together quickly, especially when I have to cook a lot of main courses and dessert generally takes the least priority.
Take 1 egg and mix well with a fork in 8 oz. cup. Fill the remainder of the cup with milk to the 8 oz. mark.
Combine the dry ingredients and the egg mixture. Pour in to a greased 8x8 pan.
Combine 1/2 C. brown sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of the batter.
As soon as coffee cake comes out of the oven, prick holes all over the cake with a toothpick and pour 1/2 Cup melted butter over the cake.
This doubles very well using a 13x9x2 pan.
I can't tell you how good this coffee cake looks.
Your cake looks delicious! Definitely a great combination with coffee.
On a different note I made Walnut and Coffee Cake few days ago. Have a look in my blog for the recipe. Hope you like it!
The cake looks to die for!
Simply delicious coffee cake. It's perfect !
Wonderful cake looks delicious and yours has fantastic texture to it.
oh this looks great - thanks for the recipe!
Wow gorgeous cake..the recipe sounds superb..will surely give this a try.
Beautiful looking cake, soo yummy..
I grew up around coffee cakes, and it never occurred to me to think they should have coffee in them, but that makes a lot of sense! Perhaps you should come up with a coffee-flavoured coffee cake. I bet it would be wonderful. This one certainly looks wonderful!
Perfect cake to be had with coffee:):)Even I was deceived by your post title, but then the explanation solved my puzzle. Lovely click as always.
Love this with my coffee!
It's a beautiful cake! Buttery and delicious! I was mad that coffee cakes didn't have coffee in them too! I made up a coffee cake muffin that tastes like coffee - it's on my blog if you ever want to try it.
Lovely cake infused with coffee...i would love to have it with my cuppa.
So the butter is drizzled all over the cake, quiet interesting... look gorgeous the piece!