LAUSD coffee cake

Hosted by Steve Chiotakis Feb. 19, 2020 Los Angeles

The LAUSD coffee cake. Photo by Danielle Chiriguayo.

A certain kind of coffee cake is served across all LAUSD schools. The original recipe is from 1954. KCRW’s Danielle Chiriguayo, a former LAUSD student, explores the changing production of the now famous coffee cake.

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How LAUSD’s classic coffee cake evolved and led to love

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Credits

Host:

Steve Chiotakis

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Jenna Kagel, Danielle Chiriguayo, Rebecca Mooney

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