Coffee cake in a teacup...

So I'm cheating.  Rather than not do my homework on the history of coffee cake; the delicious treat I cooked up this weekend for a quick trip to the in-laws, I thought I would give you a preview to wet your tastebuds with a photo of the rhubarb and ginger goodness and promise a thorough report including history, sights, smells, tastes and reactions to follow.

Are you salivating yet?  I am!  I also must confess instead of accompanying our coffee cake with well, coffee we had ours with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  It's almost like coffee...