Steiner's Coffee Cake of New York

in 1963 malcolm steiner (aka grandpa) set out to conquer another hobby - cooking & baking. at that time he was already a painter, an orchidist (person who raises orchids), a volunteer at long island jewish hospital - delivering said orchids to patients rooms, and in his spare time, ran steiner plastics which became universal sign company, founded by his mother, cyrille steiner. grandpa malcolm quickly became a commander of the kitchen. if he wasn't in his greenhouse he was walking around the kitchen in his apron with a dishtowel hanging out of his back pocket. he was tall, bald, skinny and loved butter. if it didn't taste right he was famous for saying, "just add butter. "he worked alongside my father at universal sign corporation until his passing at 90 years of age. he was a man of very few words. nonetheless my brother and i have a treasure trove of memories filled with his very best recipes. fortunately, he took his daughter in-law nanci (aka mom) under his wing and taught her ev