Kendal both poles of the Earth, its popularity is mainly due to the very astute decision of the original manufacturer's great-nephew to market it as an energy food, and to supply Ernest Shackleton's 1914–17 Trans-Antarctic Expedition. By the time the business was sold to competitor Romney's in 1987 there were several rival mint cake producers, many of which are still in business. Snuff production in Kendal dates from 1792, when Kendalian Thomas Harrison returned from Glasgow, Scotland, where he had learned the art of snuff manufacture. He also brought with him 50 tons of second-hand equipment, all carried on horse back.
Coffee cake led to a new type of coffee cake to be created. This was called sour cream coffee cake. A variety of crumb cake (Streuselkuchen) which contains flour, sugar, butter and cinnamon granules on top. Applesauce cake is sometimes prepared and served as a coffee cake. In Hungary, there is a type of coffee cake called "arany galuska" containing walnuts and cinnamon. Coffee cake Coffee cake is cake intended to be eaten with, or flavored with, coffee. British coffee cake is a sponge flavoured with coffee. They are generally round and consist of two layers separated by coffee flavoured butter icing,