Coffee and Walnut Cake
This traditional Coffee and Walnut Cake is a real delight and if you follow my recipe carefully it will never fail but will certainly impress everyone lucky enough to taste it!
Coffee and Walnut Cake
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portions
Calories per Serving 443
Ingredients
For the Sponge
- 225 g Butter Unsalted
- 225 g Sugar Caster
- 4 large Eggs
- 2 heaped tsp coffee granules dissolved in 50ml water
- 225 g Self raising flour
- 75 g walnuts chopped
For the Filling / Topping
- 225 g icing sugar
- 125 g butter unsalted
- 3 tbsp coffee granules dissolved in 1 tsp of water
- walnuts to decorate on top
DISCLAIMER
I recommend using the Metric measurements (instead of cups & spoons) for more accuracy and better results.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC Fan/Gas 4. Place the butter into a large mixing bowl and beat until light and smooth. Add the sugar and cream together until light and fluffy.
- One at a time add each egg making sure to beat well to completely incorporate each egg before adding the next egg. If the mixture looks like it's about to curdle add 1 spoonful of the flour. Then add the dissolved coffee to the mixture and mix well.
- Add the flour and chopped walnuts and gently fold in until fully combined.
- Divide the mixture into two 20cm/8” cake tins which should be greased / lined with parchment paper. Transfer to the oven to bake 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean and the cake is golden-brown. Remove the cakes from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Whilst the cakes are cooling make the butter icing. Firstly beat the butter in a small bowl until pale and smooth then gradually beat in the icing sugar. Next add the espresso and mix well.
- Split the butter icing mix in half and spread one half on to the flat side of one sponge. Then place the second sponge on top. Finally add the reaming butter icing to the top sponge and evenly spread out. Once the icing is on place the walnuts around the top of the cake as you'd like.
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Category: Baking, Cakes, Pastries & Biscuits, Recipes, Teatime Treats, Snacks, Party Food
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Hi Pat,
Thanks for the feedback, this helps with future recipes, videos and emails.
Tried
the coffee and walnut cake recipe and as with all of Mr Pauls recipes it was another great success. Many thanks.
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