Double Coffee & Walnut Cake

A day without coffee makes me a zombie walking round without spine. However,  the start of a day with a hot cuppa plus a slice of coffee cake double boost my energy & sense of vitality right away!
The cake welcomes the aroma of full-bodied brew the minute it was sent into the oven to bake. The use of quality rich coffee gives this cake the depth of flavor!

The cake is good enough to eat on its own with the dominant aroma of coffee sponge. Simply irresistable with luxurious butter cream frosting.

My other hobby is cross-stitching. Many of my finishes cluttered over the walls in my home.

Effortlessly frost the cake in swirls & whorls. Best serve a day later to ripen the aroma of coffee. Well, i just couldnt wait any longer!

I read home-decor magazines during leisure too & these became part of my shabby country decoratives. Decade ago when i was very much a fashionista, i used to subscribe mags like 'Her World', 'ELLE'. However, they have since make way to my baking books,  home-decor books, scrapbooking, parenting guides,  chicken soup for the soul and not forgetting, PSLE handbooks!

Yes, i'm a book hoarder!

Chunky walnuts sandwiched added crunch between sponge with a nutty flavor.

Coffee & Walnut Sponge:

180g unsalted butter (room temp)

180g castor sugar

3 eggs

180g Self-Raising Flour

60g Walnut (chopped & toasted)

2tsp instant coffee granules (dissolved in 1tbsp hot water)

*Butter Cream Frosting:
Butter 120g
Icing Sugar 45g
Milk 75g
3tsp Instant coffee granules (dissolved with 1tbsp hot water)

Method:

1. Preheat oven 180deg

2. Put butter and sugar in a large bowl and cream together till pale and fluffy.

3. Beat in the eggs one at a time.

4. Sift the flour into the butter mixture and stir to combine.

5. Fold in walnut pieces and coffee

6. Pour the cake mixture into a 8" greased baking pan with lined bottom

7. Bake in oven until golden and the sponge spring back when gently pressed or a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

8. Turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool

9. Prepare butter cream for frosting
10.Beat butter and sugar till fluffy and pale in colour
11. Add in milk continue beat
12. Add coffee mixture
13. Frost cake with coffee butter cream

Recipe reference: Coffee & Walnut Cake -Linda Collister

                            Cakes & Bakes from my mother's kitchen

                           

Jessie