I made coffee cake yesterday for two reasons:
1. It was mother’s day and I thought a cake was called for. I landed on coffee cake because I was serving it in the morning (and frosting before noon just seems a little much sometimes. Not that I’ve never eaten frosting before noon, don’t get me wrong).
2. I had coffee on the brain as this week I am having a little coffee fast in preparation for my sister‘s wedding this Sunday. You see, I’m doing the whole teeth whitening thing and the whitening strips box told me to avoid black coffee and red wine while using the product as my teeth will be more sensitive to stains.
After reading this I cried a little.
Ok, not really. But I drink coffee every day so I was a little bummed.
But then I also figured I could just drink iced coffee through a straw.
Like Madonna.
And then I could have coffee AND not stain my teeth.
Can you tell I’ve given this WAAAAAAY more thought than the whole thing deserves? I’m a weirdo.
The Best Coffee Cake. Ever. That’s what this cake is called, literally, recipe found here. I didn’t make any changes to the original recipe and it came out amazing so I don’t suggest it.
Unless you just want to.
It’s your life to live. Do what you’ve got to do. 
xo. Emma
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looks like the perfect book club cake to me
that looks delectable.
I have one question: what is Scant sugar? is is something special?
coffee in a cake just sounds completely perfect!
Definitely on my list of things to make.
pitter-patter: it simply means that when measuring out the sugar (regular white, granulated sugar) you use just slightly less than what’s called for. it’s the opposite of using a “heaping cup” which would mean using slightly more than 1 cup.
Looks fantastic!
“After reading this I cried a little.”
^ That was my reaction when they told me I couldn’t have chocolate while breastfeeding.
Good Luck with the teeth whitening, From doing mine a while back I remember it was not a pleasant experience.
I recently found this website
http://www.isitworthwaitingfor.com/
I thought you might like it, They are a wonderful couple. (We did their wedding at the restaurant I work at)
They are trying not to cook the same meal twice for a whole year.
x
Bekka- You can’t have chocolate while breastfeeding?! I’d never heard that one before.
This cake looks amazing and I’ve been looking for a good recipe that calls for pecans. The only ones I could find were breads (which don’t get me wrong I love a good bread recipe) but I’m not big on nuts in my bread. Hope mine turns out as good as yours looks!
Amber
i like all ur sassy cool comments & sense of humor emma!
i made it. and changed it. eep! but i had good reasons!
http://marlagrace.blogspot.com/2011/06/greatest-coffee-cake-ever.html