Coffee and Walnut Cake Recipe

Name: Coffee and Walnut Cake Recipe
Yield: 8 to 10
Ingredients: 100g Unsalted butter, softened; 100g Tate & Lyle Caster Sugar; 2 Large eggs; 100g Self raising flour; 1 tsp Baking powder; 50g Roughly chopped walnuts; 50g Pecans; 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract; 1 tbsp Coffee essence; 75g Unsalted butter, softened; 225g Icing sugar; 2 tbsp Whole milk; 2 tsp Coffee essence; Pecans; Cacao nibs

Rating 2.0

View Instructions View Ingredients

Prep

20 min

Bake

25-30 mins

Serves

8 to 10

Difficulty

Medium

About

Coffee and Walnut Cake Recipe

made using

Pure Cane Caster Sugar

View product

Share this recipe

Winter Medium Dinner party Desserts Desserts Coffee Break Caster Candy & Nuts Cakes And Cupcakes Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea 8 to 10 30 minutes - 1 hour

Instructions

Ingredients

Reviews

Watch video instructions or scroll for step-by-step

Coffee and Walnut Cake Recipe

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180C / 160C Fan / 350F.

Step 2

Lightly butter one 8-inch sandwich tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.

Step 3

Cream the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then add the eggs, vanilla and coffee essence. Beat again.

Step 4

Sift in the flour and baking powder, beating with your electric whisk until everything is well combined.

Step 5

Stir through the walnuts and pecans using a spatula.

Step 6

Divide the mixture evenly between the tins. Level the surface using a spatula or the back of a spoon.

Step 7

Bake for 25-30 minutes, until risen and springy to the touch. .

Step 8

Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes. When ready, turn your cake out onto a wire rack. Peel off the paper and leave to cool completely.

Step 9

To make the icing, beat the butter until smooth and soft, then add half the icing sugar and beat again. Add the milk and coffee essence, as well as the rest of the icing sugar then beat until smooth and creamy.

Step 10

Making sure your cake is completely cool, spread the coffee icing over the top of your cake and decorate the edges with walnut and pecan pieces, as well as some cacao nibs before serving.

TOP TIP

Don't know if your cake is ready? You can insert a skewer or a cake tester to check if your cake is ready. If it comes out clean, you’re good to go. If there is cake mixture on your stick, pop it back in the oven for 5-10 minutes