Mary's coffee cake is a special occasion cake with its praline crunch! It's indulgent, bittersweet, impressive and (shhh) easy. You can always skip the praline if you would like a more everyday cake.

For the cakes, place the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder and coffee essence into a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until thoroughly blended and smooth. Fold in the walnuts. Divide or ...

Put those together and you end up with a lot of guests that just pop by for coffee and cake. As a host, you’d typically offer tea or coffee along with some kind of cake or cookie, either ...