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Just use a typical coffee cake or coffee bread recipe and infuse it with special ingredients, including the rich, tangy yet sweet taste of coffee. Add cinnamon and a few other spices and you’ve really got something distinct!

Infuse the Batter With Coffee Two Ways
Bakers know that that the easiest way to get coffee flavor into a baked good is to add instant espresso powder to the batter. But it turns out that espresso powder alone doesn't give the fullest flavor: you need a little bit of spice to bring out the coffee flavor. Add some cinnamon and a hint of cardamom and you play up the coffee flavor in a wonderful new way. Once we figured that out, the cake still didn't quite taste like coffee though, so we replaced some of the liquid in the batter with extra-strong brewed coffee and finally the finished cake batter tasted like coffee, smelled like coffee, and even gave our taste testers a little caffeine buzz. Adding brewed coffee does something wonderful to the texture of the cake, too: it's more moist and dense—one of our editors even called it “pudding-like.”

Add a Mocha Swirl
Chocolate and coffee are always a good combination. Chocolate in coffee-flavored cake is an even better combination—decadent and indulgent like a mocha latte. So we melted semisweet chocolate, butter, and more extra-strong brewed coffee and layered it between the batter before baking to create two dark mocha swirls in the cake. Then, we put pecans in the mocha swirl to give it extra crunch and a touch of nutty sweetness.

Have this when the boys are over for the big game or when the girls are over for book club, crafting or to play cards. While it’s a more adult cake, with coffee and all, kids will like it in moderation too!

Article Source: Epicurious