Coffee cake with coffee butter frosting

Name: Coffee cake with coffee butter frosting
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 175 grams unsalted butter; 175 grams self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 175 grams caster sugar; 3 medium eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/2 tbsp instant coffee mixed with a little boiling water; 150 grams unsalted butter; 220 grams icing sugar; 2 tbsp double cream; 2 tbsp instant coffee mixed with a little boiling water; 100 grams chopped mixed nuts

shellybaby @cook_3833682

Very easy to make and tastes sooo good!

shellybaby @cook_3833682

Very easy to make and tastes sooo good!

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Ingredients

10 servings

175 gramsunsalted butter
175 gramsself-raising flour
1 tspbaking powder
175 gramscaster sugar
3 mediumeggs
1 tspvanilla extract
1 1/2 tbspinstant coffee mixed with a little boiling water
150 gramsunsalted butter
220 gramsicing sugar
2 tbspdouble cream
2 tbspinstant coffee mixed with a little boiling water
100 gramschopped mixed nuts

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Steps

1

Pre-heat oven to 180°c.
2

Grease and line bases of 2 - 20cm sponge tins.
3

To make cake - sift flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl.
4

Add butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and coffee mixture and beat together until thick and well blended.
5

Divide mixture evenly between both sponge tins.
6

Smooth and bake in oven for 20 mins until cooked.
7

Test to see if cooked by inserting a skewer into middle of cake - if skewer comes out clean cake is cooked.
8

Leave to cool in tins for 5 mins.
9

Turn cakes out onto a wire rack and leave to go completely cold.
10

To make coffee frosting - beat the butter with icing sugar, then beat in the cream and coffee mixture.
11

Sandwich cakes together with 1/3 of frosting and use rest to cover top and sides of cake.
12

Cover side of cake with chopped mixed nuts.