3 ms·But coffee cake is the cake you have with coffee, not made from it.by mikepurvis 3y agoBut coffee cake is the cake you have with coffee, not made from it.timc3 3y agoNot true. Standard staple in my oarents house was coffee cake made from coffee with walnuts.akho 3y agowell maybe pumpkin pie is a pie you have with pumpkin