Coffee Walnut Cake

A simple coffee sponge cake with delicious buttercream sandwiched between two layers. Makes for a simple celebratory cake or a tea time accompaniment.

Course Cakes

Cuisine International

Keyword Coffee, Coffee Cake

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 25

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 426kcal

Author Shireen Sequeira

Ingredients

175 grams (6 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
175 grams (6 oz) light muscovado (soft deep brown) sugar
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons strong black coffee, cooled * see notes
175 grams (6 oz) all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
115 grams (4 oz) walnuts, coarsely chopped plus extra walnut halves to decorate

For the frosting/icing:

115 grams (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
200 grams icing sugar
1 tablespoon strong black coffee, cooled
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Grease and line two 8 or 9 inch round pans with baking parchment and keep aside
2 In a large bowl, beat the butter and the muscovado sugar till pale. Add the eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition. Now add the coffee and beat well.
Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt into the mixture and using a spatula fold lightly. Add the chopped walnuts fold gently.
Divide the mixture between the two pans and level off the surface. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20-22 mins. Check with a skewer, if it comes out with a slight crumb on it (but clean otherwise), it's okay (as long as you don't get uncooked batter when you pull out the skewer). Remove the pans out. If you overbake this cake it will turn out dryish.
Place the pans on a wire rack to cool for about 5-6 mins, then turn out the cakes gently and let cool completely.
While the cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting. Place all the ingredients mentioned under 'For the frosting/icing' in a bowl and beat till everything is well incorporated.
Place one cake upside down (so that the dome side is facing down and the flat side is facing upwards) on a cake stand or serving plate and apply half of the frosting mixture over it. Then place the second cake over it (upside down again) and apply the remaining frosting on top. Use a palette knife to make swirls/wave like design on top. Decorate with walnut halves and serve.

Notes

If you have coffee/chicory essence you may use 1 tablespoon of that instead of freshly brewed coffee.

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