Coffee Cake

Mum's recipe, always loved it when she made it. Takes a while to make but it certainly goes well with more coffee for the caffeine addicts out there :D

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Mum's recipe, always loved it when she made it. Takes a while to make but it certainly goes well with more coffee for the caffeine addicts out there :D

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Ingredients

1 hour 10 mins

10 servings

200 gramsself-raising flour
200 gramscaster sugar
285 gramsbutter
4 largeeggs
3 tspcoffee(heaped) mixed in 2 tbsp boiling water
1 tspbaking powder(heaped)
1/2 smallbag of walnuts
200 gramsicing sugar
1Roll Baking paper sheets
1Cake tin

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Steps

1 hour 10 mins

1

Beat eggs in bowl and then sieve flour(200g), sugar(200g) and baking powder into a separate large mixing bowl. Dissolve 3 heaped teaspoons of coffee into 2tbsp boiling water
2

Add softened butter(200g) into mixing bowl along with eggs and half of the coffee mixture(Use a tablespoon to easily divide it)
3

Use electric whisk to mix mixture until smooth and no individual ingredients are visible.
4

Measure out a circle of baking sheet paper to line bottom of cake tin, place inside and then grease the top of the sheet with butter/similar spreads.
5

Pour half of mixture into cake tin then put into oven for 21 mins at 170°C Fan oven. Repeat for second half of mixture.
6

Mix 85g soft butter, rest of coffee mixture and then approx 200g icing sugar. The mix may appear creamy and liquidy, if it drips easily from a spoon then add more icing sugar; it should be of a somewhat thick consistency. This needs to be tasted, if too buttery then more icing sugar may be needed.
7

Once icing is made and the cake mix has been baked, place one half of the cake down flat side up and spread half of the icing on top. Place the second half of the cake flat side down on top of the first and then cover the top with the rest of the icing. Top/decorate with walnuts and its done .