Coffee Cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g butter or margarine
- 3 eggs
- 150g self raising flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 1 tbsp instant coffee (add more if you like it strong)
For The Icing
- 225g icing sugar
- 100g butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 tbsp hot water
- Strawberry jam (optional)
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven at 160C, 325 F,gas 3.Baseline and grease two equally sized sandwich tins. Add the sugar and the butter to a bowl and whisk until very fluffy and a pale cream.
- STEP 2Wisk the eggs in a mug with a fork and then add them gradually to the mixture with 1 tbsp of flour each time. Make sure you don't use all the flour.
- STEP 3Add the rest of the flour and the baking powder to the mixture and fold it in gently.
- STEP 4Dissolve the coffee in the boiling water and add to the mixture still folding. Divide into the sandwich tins and cook for 30 minutes
- STEP 5Meanwhile Cream the butter and the icing sugar until light and fluffy. Dissolve the coffee in boiling water, making sure you don't add too much water or the icing will be runny and add it to the butter and icing sugar. Whisk and leave in the fridge until the cake is done.
- STEP 6Once the cakes are done and have been put onto plates spread the icing on the bottom of one of the cakes (leaving around half of the icing for the top) and spread the strawberry jam ont the bottom of the other. Spread the remainig icing ontop of the cake. decorate with cherries or walnuts.
- STEP 7ENJOY!
