Kuchenn.
/ˈkuːxən/ (In Germany or among people speaking German or Yiddish) a cake; now frequently a cake taken with coffee.
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1854 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 12 Nov. (1954) II. 185 The Germans eat their Bratwurst and Küchen from house to house in gladness of heart.
1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Fraser's Mag. June 706/1 Kuchen (generally a heavy kind of fruit tart).
1858 E. C. Gaskell Let. 1 Oct. (1966) 894 M. Mohl treated us to coffee & kuchen.
1861 E. C. Gaskell Grey Woman i, in All Year Round 5 Jan. 300/1 We had nearly finished our coffee, and our ‘kucken’ [sic], and our cinnamon cake.
1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. ii. 164 They will..bring him tea and gin and küchen [in Harper's Mag. Feb. 348/2 printed kuchen] and marrons glacés.
1907 I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies 316 Home-made Kuchen and other dainties.
1972 L. P. Bachmann Ultimate Act xxiii. 208 We sat at the kitchen table having coffee and Kuchen.
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