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Coffee and Walnut Cake

Name: Coffee and Walnut Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 175 g butter (at room temperature) , plus extra for greasing; 75 g walnuts , plus extra to garnish; 175 g Chelsea White Sugar; 3 large free-range eggs; 150 g self-raising flour; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 50 ml cold coffee; COFFEE FILLING; 65 g unsalted; 125 g Chelsea Icing Sugar; 40 ml strong coffee; Coffee Icing; 100 g Chelsea Icing Sugar; 20 ml strong coffee

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Preparation

25 mins

Bake

20 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

This coffee and walnut cake is a favourite afternoon pick-me-up. Use decaf coffee if you are baking for children or anyone sensitive to caffeine.

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Ingredients

175 g butter (at room temperature) , plus extra for greasing
75 g walnuts , plus extra to garnish
175 g Chelsea White Sugar
3 large free-range eggs
150 g self-raising flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
50 ml cold coffee

COFFEE FILLING

65 g unsalted
125 g Chelsea Icing Sugar
40 ml strong coffee

Coffee Icing

100 g Chelsea Icing Sugar
20 ml strong coffee

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Reviews

13

What did you think of this recipe?

Margaret

Definitely not enough batter for 2 cakes, made one very flat cake. Also seems very eggy.

Madie

Made this for my Mums birthday, it's SO ugly!! You have to double it because it barley filled one 20cm tin! Definitely do not recommend

beryl harrison

This is the third time , I have made this cake & delicious every time . I do add an extra egg , if they are not really what I consider large , IT KEEPS NICE &MOIST if you can hide it from the family .

Method

Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease and line the bases of 2 round 20cm cake tins.

In a food processor, blitz two-thirds of the nuts to powder. Cube, then cream the butter in a bowl with the sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs then add the blitzed walnuts and gently stir through.

Fold the flour, baking powder and a pinch of sea salt through with a large metal spoon until just incorporated.

Roughly chop the rest of the walnuts and stir through the cake mixture along with the espresso.

Evenly divide the mixture between the cake tins and bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer.

Cool the cakes in the tins for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the filling, cube and put the butter in a bowl. Sift in the icing sugar, beat until fluffy, then beat in the coffee.

For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl and beat in the coffee to make a thick, smooth icing.

Place one of the cakes on a plate or board and spread with the coffee filling. Top with the second cake and drizzle over the icing.

Decorate the cake with the remaining walnuts as they are, or lightly caramelised. To do this, melt sugar over a medium heat, without stirring, then carefully toss the nuts in briefly to coat. Cool the nuts on a wire rack before using.