Melrose/Warwick Hotel Coffee Cake…5 Star at Home

One of the things I was given as I left the Melrose was a tin of the signature coffee cake.

Opening it up there is a fresh smell of sweet, difficult to identify.  The topping is a praline like candy, reminiscent of brown sugar divinity.  Not quite praline and not quite divinity but somewhere in between.

The one difficulty I had was actually getting the cake out of the tin in one piece.  The waxed paper that surrounds it tore as I tried to remove the cake.  This was a small price to pay.

The cake is very moist with a swirl of cinnamon throughout.  It is not quite buttery, in that butter is not the flavor that you would associate with it but it is definitely in the texture.  The flavor is somewhat like a Jewish Sour Cream coffee cake.

I would suggest that this be saved for special brunches (Christmas comes to mind) and lazy weekend mornings, to be served with a stiff espresso and baked apples, poached pears, or other not too sweet fruit.

You can purchase this cake by contacting: jmassar@warwickhotels.com

It is $24.00

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