Thursday, June 19, 2008

Coffee and Walnut Cake


Ingredients:
30g ----butter
1 tablespoon------ brown sugar
200g --------Walnuts,toasted
1/2 cup(125ml)---Milk
1 tablespoon----Dry instant coffee
185g----Butter extra
1 1/3 cups(300g)----Caster sugar
3 ------ Eggs, beaten
1cup(150g)----- Self-raising flour
3/4cup(110g)----Plain flour

Coffee Icing:
1Cup icing sugar
1teaspoon instant coffee powder
1-2tablespoons water

Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C
Butter and line square cake tin.
Melt butter in small saucepan,add brown sugar and walnuts;stir well.Cool.
Combine milk and coffee in small bowl;stir until coffee dissolved.
Beat extra butter and Castor sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Gradually add the lightly beaten eggs, one at a time.Fold in sifted flour,then milk mixture.
Spread one third of cake mixture in base of prepared tin,sprinkle with half walnut mixture,top with remaining cake mixture.
Bake in moderately slow oven about 45mins or until cooked when tested.Check by pressing gently with your finger - the cake should spring back.
Leave in the tins for 5 minutes, then turn on to a rack.
Make icing mixture

To make Coffee Icing:
Combine sifted icing sugar,coffee and sufficient liquid in small bowl to form a firm paste.Stand bowl in pan in simmering water,stirring until icing is smooth and glossy;remove from heat.Spread icing over cake using flat-bladed knife.

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