Erin Mann is baking a new cake every week for a year from the "All Cakes Considered" cookbook and shares her adventures here on AnnArbor.com. Read past columns here.

Rounding out the coffee cake series is this week's Miss Saigon Cinnamon Almond Coffee Cake. Despite its name, this cake has nothing to do with a Broadway musical about a tragic love story between a Vietnamese concubine and an American GI. However, it doesn't fail to entertain your taste buds!

Playing the lead role in this cake is a newcomer to my spice rack, Saigon cinnamon. It's also known as Vietnamese cinnamon because it is produced primarily in central and northern regions of Vietnam.

I purchased my supply at By the Pound, my favorite local go-to source for baking ingredients. The cashier explained to me that this spice is more closely related to cassia than cinnamon and contains essential oils that are responsible for its strong flavor.

Saigon cinnamon surely packs a punch and can easily overpower other flavors, so less is definitely more with this spice. You don't want your cake tasting like a mouthful of fireball candies, do you?

I doubled the recipe and baked two eight-inch square cakes. One stayed home to be sampled by me and my trusted group of taste-testers (a more-than-willing group of friends, family and co-workers) and the other made its way across town in the hands of my roommate, Tonya.

She works at InfoLab, a local marketing firm that designs marketing programs for locally-based businesses.

The cake received a standing ovation from the InfoLab audience. In my email inbox later that day, Tonya said, "Your cake is gone and everyone LOVED IT! " One co-worker remarked, "I looove your roommate! When is the next cake being baked?" Another co-worker gobbled his slice while walking back to his desk and immediately went back to the break room for seconds.

Cake critics all over Ann Arbor agree Miss Saigon Cinnamon Almond Coffee Cake is another brilliant performance from "All Cakes Considered."

Erin Mann is a contributor for AnnArbor.com. She is a lover of all things cake and welcomes your baking wisdom. Email her at SheGotTheBeat@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter.