In the UK, a coffee cake is a cake flavored with coffee. Preferably, with a coffee buttercream filling and plenty of walnuts.
In the US, a coffee cake is a cake that you eat while drinking coffee. It's not usually coffee-flavored.
In the UK, a teacake is a flat yeasted fruit bun that you toast, slather in butter and jam, and have on a Sunday evening as a light supper after a hefty Sunday lunch.
In the US, a teacake is a cake that you eat while drinking tea -- even though the Americans don't like proper tea. (Have you ever ordered a cup of tea in the US? Please don't. It's vile.)
Two nations separated by a common language indeed.
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Regarding tea in the USA, Wisdom Weasel and I run a not for profit tea smuggling ring. PG tips. We make a profit in the good cheer we spread throughout the northeast. I always save a few bags for my friend's mom from Stockport.
I mail over packs of M&S one-cup extra strong teabags to enlightened US colleagues -- it's the least one can do for those less-fortunate than oneself.
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