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Coffee Cake

A walnut and coffee cake iced with espresso buttercream

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/coffee-cake-2 • Posted by Cat Morley

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 45

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Instructions

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    Cream together the butter, walnuts and brown sugar.

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    Beat in the eggs.

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    Whisk together the flour, ground coffee, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.

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    Add the dry ingredients to the wet and add the soya milk.

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    Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and mix well.

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    Divide the batter between two greased cake tins.

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    Bake at 180 for 30 minutes until golden.

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    To make the icing, cream together the butter and icing sugar.

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    Add the brewed coffee, a tablespoon at a time. Add a little more icing sugar if it gets too runny.

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    Whisk until it reaches the perfect consistency.

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    Spread the bottom layer of your cake with half of the icing.

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    Place the second cake on top, ice and decorate with coffee beans.