The smells of espresso and sweet golden syrup wafting from Grandma’s kitchen meant one thing: coffee cake, or rather, “Garney’s coffee cake,” named after her mispronunciation of “granny.” A dense coffee-infused cake coved with chocolate and coffee-buttercream icing, in standard cake or cupcake form, is a family tradition for Bryony Owen. Now we can make it ourselves!
see recipe here: http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/12/coffee_cake_recipe_a_grandmoth.html