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coffeecake

coffeecake

1 2.5
A sweet cake or bread often served with coffee
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔːfɪkeɪk/
translation icon : pastel de café
  • She baked a rich chocolate coffeecake topped with nuts.
  • Pecan Coffeecake
  • Apple Coffeecake
  • cream coffeecake

Examples

  • I made a coffeecake for your trip!

  • I mean, and there'd be a delicious cup of coffee and a piece of coffeecake.

  • I enjoyed a slice of coffeecake with my morning coffee.

  • For dessert, we served coffeecake drizzled with icing and berries.

Synonyms

coffee cake
vscoffeecake
9 1.6

A sweet cake or bread often flavored with cinnamon and nuts, eaten with coffee

is the joined single word form used for the same item
crumb cake
vscoffeecake
  • US
2 2.0

A sweet cake with a thick crumbly topping often eaten with coffee

is a general sweet bread that can include various toppings or fillings
teacake
vscoffeecake
  • UK
1 2.2

A small sweet cake or bun often made with dried fruit and served with tea

is a larger sweet baked item usually served in slices rather than single buns
coffee ring
vscoffeecake
  • US
3.6

A ring-shaped cake often made with fruit or nuts and topped with icing

is the general sweet baked item usually not limited to a ring shape

How Sweet

honey cake
1 2.5
coffeecake
1 2.5
pastry
32 1.0
bread
805 1.0

Surface Forms

coffeecake singular
coffeecakes plural

Morphology

coffeecake = coffee + cake (transparent) = coffee + cake

A straightforward compound of 'coffee' + 'cake' referring to a cake typically served with coffee, so meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Coffeecake is simply a joining of coffee and cake, so it originally meant a cake 'to have with coffee'. That's why a coffeecake is a sweet cake often served at coffee time and sometimes with a crumbly top.