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Coffee and Walnut Cake

Coffee and Walnut Cake

A perfect celebration cake when you don't have time to make something elaborate.

Course Cake
Keyword Coffee and Walnut Cake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 10
Author Jane Georgiades

Ingredients

  • 80 g walnuts coarsely chopped
  • 150 g butter softened
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1/2 cup espresso or plunger coffee

Coffee Icing

  • 10 - 12 walnut halves
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
  • 100 g butter softened
  • 2 tbsp espresso or plunger coffee

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the chopped walnuts. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Fold in the flour then add the coffee to create a thick batter - not too dry but not runny. Combine well. Spoon into a lined and greased springform pan (20cm) and bake until risen and golden. You may need to add foil over the top half way through to prevent it browning too much. Cake is cooked when a skewer comes out clean.

Icing

  1. Combine softened butter and icing sugar mixture and add the coffee. Allow the icing to stand while cake is cooking so that it sets a little. Spread onto cooled cake and decorate with walnut halves. Serve with tea or coffee.