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Coffee Cake
Coffee cake can refer to: * Coffee cake (American), a sweet bread typically served with coffee but not typically made with coffee as an ingredient or flavoring * Coffee-flavored cake, such as coffee and walnut cake See also * Tea cake * Tea sandwiches {{dab Cakes Coffee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffee Cake (American)
Coffee cake or coffeecake is a sweet bread common in the United States, so called because it is typically served with coffee. Leavenings can include yeast, baking soda, or baking powder. The modern dish typically contains no coffee. Outside the US, the term is generally understood to mean a cake flavored with coffee. History American coffee cake evolved from other sweet dishes from Vienna. In the 17th century, Northern/Central Europeans are thought to have come up with the idea of eating sweet cakes while drinking coffee. As the region's countries were already known for their sweet yeast breads, the introduction of coffee in Europe led to the understanding that cakes were a great complement to the beverage. Immigrants from countries such as Germany and Scandinavia adjusted their recipes to their own liking and brought them to America. Though the cakes varied, they all contained ingredients such as yeast, flour, dried fruit, and sweet spices. However, over time, the coffee cake r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffee And Walnut Cake
Coffee and walnut cake is a sponge cake flavoured with coffee and walnuts. History In 1934, McDougall's published a recipe it called "new". Ingredients and preparation The cake is a sponge cake flavoured with coffee and walnuts. It is made with the creaming method. The coffee flavor typically comes from instant coffee or espresso. The cake is usually a layer cake, often filled with coffee-flavoured butter icing, and topped with more coffee-flavoured butter icing and walnut halves. Availability According to ''Epicurious'' it is "ubiquitous" in the UK. Coffee and walnut cakes are widely available in supermarkets in the United Kingdom. It is often offered at bake sales and sold in teahouses in the UK. Recognition A Battenberg variation of the cake was the technical challenge in the first episode of the second series of ''Great British Bake Off''. English food writer Nigel Slater has said it would be his final meal if he had a choice. '' Tasting Table'' called i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea Cake
A teacake in the UK is generally a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted and buttered. In the U.S. teacakes can be cookies or small cakes. In Sweden, they are soft, round, flat wheat breads made with milk and a little sugar, and used to make buttered ham or cheese sandwiches. In India and Australia, a teacake is more like a butter cake. Tea refers to the popular beverage to which these baked goods are an accompaniment. Regional variations England In most of England, a teacake is a light, sweet, yeast-based bun containing dried fruits, most usually currants, sultanas or peel. It is typically split, toasted, buttered, and served with tea. It is flat and circular, with a smooth brown upper surface and a somewhat lighter underside. Although most people refer to a teacake as a cake containing fruit, in East Lancashire, certain areas of Yorkshire and Cumbria the name currant teacake is used to distinguish fruited "cakes" from plain bread rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea Sandwich
A tea sandwich (also referred to as finger sandwich) is a small prepared sandwich typically sliced into pieces that can be picked up with one hand. It was originally developed in the 19th century as an offering at afternoon teatime meant to stave off hunger until the main meal but has evolved into a term for any dainty crustless sandwich served at a variety of events. History and background The drinking of tea in England became popular in the 1600s when Charles II and Catherine de Braganza made it fashionable. Because tea was expensive, only the wealthy could afford it, so drinking and serving tea was also an indicator of wealth. By the Victorian era, it had become affordable for all and was a popular beverage in all social strata. Afternoon tea as a meal became popular in Britain around 1840, a time when the upper classes normally dined at 9pm or later. Anna Maria Stanhope, the 7th Duchess of Bedford, habitually requested a light snack of tea with bread and butter, cak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cakes
Cake is a flour confection usually made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate and which share features with desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies. The most common ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, fat (such as butter, oil, or margarine), a liquid, and a leavening agent, such as baking soda or baking powder. Common additional ingredients include dried, candied, or fresh fruit, nuts, cocoa, and extracts such as vanilla, with numerous substitutions for the primary ingredients. Cakes can also be filled with fruit preserves, nuts, or dessert sauces (like custard, jelly, cooked fruit, whipped cream, or syrups), iced with buttercream or other icings, and decorated with marzipan, piped borders, or candied fruit. Cake is often served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial occasions, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
