Definition

1. Noun:
   • A ring-shaped coffee cake: A sweet, baked dessert, typically shaped like a ring or bundt cake, often containing fruits or nuts, and frequently topped with icing or glaze.

Usage

• Noun:
  • She baked a delicious coffee ring for the brunch.
  • The coffee ring on the table was filled with walnuts and raisins.

Advanced Usage

• The term "coffee ring" specifically refers to the cake's shape and its common association with being served alongside coffee. It is not a ring made coffee.
  • The tradition is to serve a coffee ring with mid-morning coffee.

Variants and Related Words

• Coffee cake (n): A broader category of cake intended to be eaten with coffee, which may or may not be ring-shaped.
  • She prefers a simple streusel coffee cake over a frosted coffee ring.

Synonyms

• Bundt cake: A cake baked in a bundt pan, characteristically ring-shaped, similar to a coffee ring but not necessarily containing fruit/nuts or iced.
• Breakfast cake: A general term for sweet cakes often served in the morning, which can include coffee rings.

Related Phrases

• To have one's coffee and a ring: An informal phrase suggesting a cozy break with coffee and pastry.
  • Let's have our coffee and a ring before we start the meeting.

Noun

1. ring-shaped coffeecake with fruits or nuts and often iced