Coffee Cake

A delicious coffee cake finished with pecans and grandma style swirls!

Posted by Carrie K.

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You Will Need (7 things)

  • Plain Flour
  • 6 oz Caster Sugar
  • 6 oz Self-Raising Flour
  • 6 tsp Coffee
  • 100 g Butter
  • Icing Sugar
  • Pecans

Steps (8 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Grease and line two cake tins. Preheat the oven to 180.

  2. 2

    Combine 6 oz Caster sugar with 6 oz room temperature butter.

  3. 3

    Beat 3 eggs and add to the mix gradually.

  4. 4

    Measure out 6 oz self raising flour. Add half the flour at a time and gently fold it into the cake mixture.

  5. 5

    Make a strong espresso, or use three tsp instant coffee and a little water. Wait until the coffee has cooled before adding to the cake batter. Mix well.

  6. 6

    Spoon the coffee cake batter into the cake tins. Bake on 180 for 20 mins.

  7. 7

    Make another espresso of 3 tsp instant coffee and allow to cool. Melt 100g butter in the microwave. Mix the two together. Then add icing sugar and mix well until you have a smooth icing.

  8. 8

    Sandwich the two cake bases together with the icing. Finish the cake off using a fork to make swirly patterns on the icing and decorate with pecan nuts.