coffee Archives - ZoëBakes eat dessert first Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:53:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 36689627 The Best Plum Cake: Fast, Easy and Delicious https://www.zoebakes.com/2026/10/20/plum-cake-a-fall-affair/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2026/10/20/plum-cake-a-fall-affair/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:46:07 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=5118 This plum cake might be the perfect dessert. It’s easy to make, and can be served as morning coffee cake or as a sweet treat after dinner. As the weather gets chillier, at least here in the upper Midwest, we turn our attention over to apples and pears. The summer […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/10/09/honeycomb-banana-layer-cake/feed/ 3 8872 Coffee No-Churn Ice Cream Sandwiches https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/05/01/coffee-no-churn-ice-cream-sandwiches/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/05/01/coffee-no-churn-ice-cream-sandwiches/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 20:01:04 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=7869 We went from 16″ of snow to 80 degrees in two weeks. My mind spun into summer mode in about 10 seconds flat. We Minnesotans can’t adjust to the warm slowly or we may miss it. So, in my mind it’s summer and that means ice cream season. My friend, Sarah […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/05/01/coffee-no-churn-ice-cream-sandwiches/feed/ 5 7869 Coconut Cream Cake with Toasted Meringue Frosting https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/12/02/coconut-cream-cake/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/12/02/coconut-cream-cake/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:55:45 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2718 I first posted this Coconut Cream Cake recipe 6 years ago and have made it several times since. It is always a crowd pleaser, partly because of the meringue topping, all done up like curls that remind me of Phyllis Diller and because it is just delicious. Decadent pastry cream full […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/12/02/coconut-cream-cake/feed/ 130 2718 Coffee Caramel Tres Leches Cake https://www.zoebakes.com/2015/05/08/coffee-caramel-tres-leches/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2015/05/08/coffee-caramel-tres-leches/#comments Fri, 08 May 2015 15:43:11 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=6718 This is a mashup of a classic Mexican cake and the Vietnamese ice coffee I am so addicted to. The connection is the sweetened condensed milk that is the foundation for both. Tres Leches (three milks) is a cake soaked with cream, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. Vietnamese ice […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2013/10/01/tiramisu/feed/ 33 6054 Vietnamese Ice Coffee Panna Cotta https://www.zoebakes.com/2012/06/27/vietnamese-ice-coffee-panna-cotta/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2012/06/27/vietnamese-ice-coffee-panna-cotta/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:27:18 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=4989 I fell in love with a little Vietnamese restaurant when I was pregnant with my first son. I craved salty, spicy, big, fat flavorful foods and Quang delivered on all of it. I would have eaten every meal for the nine months there, but I knew my husband just couldn’t […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2012/06/27/vietnamese-ice-coffee-panna-cotta/feed/ 23 4989 Chocolate Covered Coffee Toffee and my Birthday Cake! https://www.zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:44:38 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612 Today is my birthday. I am a woman of a certain age and I think it is worthy of celebrating, so I made one of my favorite candies, chocolate-covered toffee, with a hit of coffee. I never buy Health Heath Bars, but every year I manage to convince my boys […]

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