Pumpkin Spiced Latte Cake – Leels Cooks

I wasn’t sure what to call this coffee cake. It’s like a traditional streusel topped cake, but with actual coffee elements along with a spiced pumpkin cake.  It’s got pumpkin, spices, a brown sugar coffee swirl and a coffee crumble topping. It has to be a pumpkin spice latte, right? I combined a few different recipes into this one and I think it works really well. The cake is subtly spiced and moist while the coffee elements are a bit stronger and deliver some crunch.   What you need: Swirl: 2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened 2 1/2 tsp instant coffee … Read more

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Cake / Cooks / Latte / Leels / Pumpkin / Spiced

Lavender London Fog (Earl Grey Tea Latte) – Leels Cooks

I keep talking about these on instagram, along with drinking way too many lately, so I figured I’d just post about them! While I have seen a few variants nearby, they’re a lesser known thing around here in NC. Said to have originated in Vancouver BC (my hometown!)  They’re just a sweetened earl grey tea latte, and a popular variant is with the addition of lavender. Some recipes for this call for vanilla extract but since most extract is flavored alcohol I don’t enjoy it in drinks. If you have vanilla coffee syrup like Torani makes, that’s a much better … Read more

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Cooks / Earl / Fog / Grey / Latte / Lavender / Leels / London / Tea