Description
A delicious coffee and walnut cake, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 225 g Unsalted butter (At room temperature | Plus extra for greasing)
- 225 g Caster sugar
- 4 Eggs (Medium, free range)
- 225 g Self-raising flour
- 3 tsp Instant coffee (Dissolved into 50ml of boiling water)
- 100 g Walnuts (Roughly chopped)
- 175 g Unsalted butter (At room temperature)
- 300 g Icing sugar
- 3 tsp Instant coffee (Dissolved into 30ml boiling water)
- 50 g Walnut halves
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180℃ fan/200℃/Gas Mark 6.
- Grease 2 x 7″ round sandwich tins with butter and line the bases with baking paper or baking parchment.
- Cream your butter and sugar until it’s pale, light and fluffy. Use an electric hand mixer if you have one.
- Mix in the eggs, one at a time, beating really well after each egg. Don’t worry if it starts to look a bit curdled, it’ll all come together.
- Mix in your flour. If you’ve been using a mixer, do this bit by hand. It helps to keep the sponge light.
- Stir in the coffee and water mixture along with the chopped walnuts.
- Spoon into your tins and smooth out with the back of a spoon. Make a bit of a dip in the middle of each sponge to account for rising and keep them level.
- Bake for 25 – 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Remove from their tins and allow to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, make your icing. Beat your butter until it’s pale, light and fluffy.
- Beat in your icing sugar. Stir in your coffee mixture. (It should be light and fluffy.)
- When your cakes are completely cold, sandwich each layer together with your buttercream, and a layer on top. Pipe some decoration on top if you have a piping bag, before decorating with walnut halves.
Notes
- For a stronger coffee flavor, increase the amount of instant coffee.
- You can add chocolate chips to the mixture for a chocolatey twist.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg