Blum S Coffee Crunch Cake History

The recipe you printed for the famous blum s coffee crunch cake comes close but it is not the full recipe.

Blum s coffee crunch cake history. 1 1 2 cups 10 5 ounces sugar. Blum s coffee crunch cake photo. Blum s coffee crunch cake serves 8 for chiffon cake. First of all blum s made its own cake.

Blum s was not only a regular stop for many shopping ladies men and families for coffee and a slice of the infamous coffee crunch cake but also had a great luncheon menu with terrific clubhouse sandwich welsh rarebit and what i remember most fondly a sweet mix of peppers with onion condiment for sandwiches. Aside from it s it ice cream sandwiches if there s one dessert that is inextricably linked with san francisco it has to be the coffee crunch cake from the. Place the cake on a turntable or cake stand and using a long serrated knife slice the cake horizontally in half. One reason that so many of us in the bay area remember blum s with such fondness is the coffee crunch cake.

Scatter 1 cup of the crunch evenly to cover the bottom half. 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Cover both halves with whipped cream using approximately 1 2 cup per side. It fit the bill as a special occasion cake as well as a midafternoon sweet blum s started as a confectionery in 1892 when new orleans native samuel blum opened a small candy shop on sutter and polk.

So when the los angeles times asked her to recreate the famous coffee crunch cake from blum s bakery she was on the case. 1 2 teaspoon kosher salt. I am enclosing a recipe that i tried. 1 1 4 cups 6 25 ounces all purpose flour.

1 4 cup 2 ounces canola oil. Remove the top half and place cut side up on a plate. The story goes that ernest weil who managed blum s in san francisco came up with the idea when a candy making friend made a mistake and over cooked some coffee flavored candy and it sort of turned into an aerated toffee. One of valerie gordon s many talents is rediscovering historical california cakes.

Some people refer to it as blum s coffee cake but it s not a coffee cafe it s a coffee flavored cake that has some crunchy toffee bits on top. The greatest cake in history nora ephron. Blum s coffee crunch cake. When the blum s stores closed in the 70s the recipe for coffee crunch cake was still a well kept secret.

Liz hafalia the chronicle a few months ago food took a dive into the chronicle s archives to explore beloved recipes from bygone bay area restaurants. 5 large eggs separated plus 2 large egg whites.