Coffee and walnut cake
It's oh-so-easy to make this cake shop favourite at home - and it's perfect for parties or afternoon teas with friends - try this classic coffee and walnut cake recipe today!
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Prep time: 25 mins
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Cooking time: 30 mins
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Total time: 55 mins
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Serves: 6-8
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Skill level: Bit of effort
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Costs: Mid-price
Ingredients
If you haven't got any coffee essence, use the same amount of very strong black coffee instead.
- Cake:2tbsp chicory and coffee essence (eg Camp)
- 175g (6oz) butter, softened
- 175g (6oz) caster sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 175g (6oz) self-raising flour
- 100g (3½ oz) walnuts, ground
Filling:
- 125g (4oz) butter, softened
- 250g (8oz) icing sugar
- 2tbsp chicory and coffee essence
- 6-8 walnut halves
- Icing sugar, for dusting
Method
- Tip all the cake ingredients into a bowl and beat well until smooth. Divide between two 18cm (7in) round sandwich tins (buttered, base-lined and floured) and spread out to level the surface.
- Bake in the centre of the oven at 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4) for 25-30 mins, or until the cakes are firm to the touch in the centre and spring back when lightly pressed.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tins for 5-10 mins. Remove from the tins and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- For the filling, beat together the butter, icing sugar and chicory and coffee essence until smooth, adding 1tbsp boiling water if the mixture is still very thick. Fill a large piping bag with the mixture.
- Using a star-shape piping tube, pipe six or eight swirls on the top of one of the halves of cake, then use the rest of the filling to sandwich the two layers together. Place a walnut half on top of each swirl of filling.
- Dust the coffee and walnut cake with a little icing sugar before serving.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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lilly, posted 5 months ago
great cake, very nice, my parents love it, especially my dad.
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Jill Andrews, posted 1 year ago
Hi I used your recipe on monday for the simple coffee and walnut cake. I omitted the walnuts this time and used nescafe granuals. I tried my first piece today it was the best cake i have ever made . I will be using your site regular if that is ok your cakes are just fantastic and easy to do not time consuming. thankyou. Miss j Andrews
