Luxury coffee and walnut cake

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This lovely, lush cake is guaranteed to impress, so resist the temptation to keep it all to yourself

Ingredients

If three layers sounds a bit too ambitious, you can make this cake in two instead.

175g (6oz) butter, softened175g (6oz) caster sugar
3 large eggs, beaten
175g (6oz) self-raising flour
55g (2oz) chopped walnuts
2tbsp very strong coffee (use either liquid coffee, or make an espresso strength coffee and use 2tbsp of it)

For the icing:

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Deep 18cm (7in) round cake tin

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, 350ºF or gas 4). Grease and line a deep, round cake tin.
Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Sift the flour and add a little to the cake mixture. Then fold in the remaining flour, together with the walnuts and coffee. Spoon into the prepared tin and level the surface.
Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until well risen and spongy to the touch. Leave to cool in the cake tin for 5 mins, then turn out on to a wire rack.
For the icing, put the butter in a bowl and cream until soft. Gradually beat in the icing sugar, then the coffee. Cut the cake horizontally into three. Use two-thirds of the icing to sandwich it together. Set on a plate. Spoon the rest of the icing over the top. Decorate with walnuts.

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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samantha, posted 1 day ago

This is a fab recipe for parties etc. i realli enjoyed making it and the coffee wasn't a issue. My friends though i purchased it but i told them about this great website...they were realli chuffed.

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Emma, posted 1 month ago

Thank you for clarifying the coffee issue! The cake was indeed ok with the granules. I think it would be better to add liquid as the granules weren't able to dissolve, which meant I could clearly see them and they were slightly bitter, although not unpleasant. I'm looking forward to making it again but properly! :-)

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Recipes ed, posted 1 month ago

Hi Emma, thanks for your comment. It wasn't totally clear what we meant with the coffee so we've added some more notes to the recipe. You need to make a strong espresso-style coffee and then use 2tbsp of this. The granules should have worked though. Let us know how you got on :)

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Emma, posted 1 month ago

This recipe is slightly ambiguous when it comes to the coffee. I've just put 2tbsp of coffee granules in the mixture and for some reason it doesn't seem right. I wonder whether it means 2tbsp of liquid coffee? My cake is baking at the moment, so the proof will be when it's ready!

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fiona, posted 1 month ago

I couldn't believe my eyes when this coffee and walnut cake turned out to be a SUCCESS! It tasted delicous and soooooo easy to make;)....come on people get ure ingredients and make this FAB CAKE!!!

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