Coffee crunch

Trade in your rainbow sprinkles for something even more exciting

Martha recreates the iconic dessert from Blum's Bakery in San Francisco. It teams a light sponge cake with rich coffee frosting and crunchy shards of coffee-flavored candy. Martha made this recipe on "Martha Bakes" episode 710.

Any San Franciscan will sigh about the highly beloved but sadly departed, Coffee Crunch Cake when asked about dessert! Well, we say “departed” since the original coffee crunch cake people — Blum’s Bakery in San Francisco and Ernest Weil, the original … Continue reading →

Now you can enjoy your favorite coffee dessert as PIE! My favorite tiramisu recipe fills a perfect vegan shortbread crust (saving you that butter!) and is topped with a unique coffee crunch brittle. A must-make for the holidays and any other wow occasion! This recipe takes quite a few steps but is worth every second.

Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake.. a lemon and vanilla chiffon cake with an espresso infused whipped cream frosting and coated with an airy and crunchy coffee honeycomb-like candy.

This coffee crunch cake is just unique. The brittle coffee-flavored topping didn't last long to be prepared, and it adds a lot to this cake. It worth a try

Crushed bits of homemade coffee candy adorn the outside of this delicious cake. This retro San Francisco cake marries light lemon chiffon cake with coffee-kissed whipped cream. The unforgettable part of the dessert is the homemade coffee candy that coats the exterior. We made the candy by adding baking soda to a simple cooked syrup of sugar, coffee, and corn syrup. Once cooled and smashed, the candy pieces are crunchy, crisp, and airy like honeycomb.

A coating of coffee-flavored honeycomb candy adds a melting crunch that contrasts beautifully with coffee whipped cream.

Blum’s Coffee Crunch Cake

The crunch cake from now-closed Blum’s bakery in Beverly Hills has been a Times reader favorite for more than 35 years. The praline brittle makes the cake, but if you don't have the time for this step, you can substitute store-bought brittle for almost the same effect.