Coffee crunch

Thanks to Valerie Gordon of Valerie Confections, you can get the recipe for the long-lost (but highly beloved) coffee crunch cake from Blum's pastry shops.

Trade in your rainbow sprinkles for something even more exciting

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 →

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

This gorgeous coffee cake is soft and moist, easy-to-make, and has a delicious layer of cheesecake and fruit in the middle!

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.