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coffee flavoured coffee cake

Coffee Flavoured Coffee Cake

A lightened up version of a Coffee flavoured Coffee Cake with the real coffee aroma and flavour from the addition of both freshly brewed and instant coffee, topped with the crunch of walnuts and sugar.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp instant coffee powder
  • 1 egg
  • 50 grams melted butter slightly cooled
  • 2 tbsp sour cream or whole milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup castor sugar
  • 1/2 cup strong brewed coffee
  • 1/3 cup walnut bits
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 6-7 inch round cake tin and keep aside.
  2. In a large bowl, sift all the dry ingredients - flours, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and instant coffee.
  3. Whisk all the wet ingredients (egg, whole milk, melted butter, vanilla, brewed coffee) along with the 3/4 cup castor sugar until you get a smooth and fluffy mixture.
  4. Make a well in the dry ingredients. Pour in the whisked wet mix and mix gently to combine well until no big lumps of flour remain.
  5. Scrape out the batter into the prepared baking tin. Sprinkle the walnut pieces and sugar uniformly over the top and bake for 40 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
  6. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes. Loosen the cake in the tin by running a knife around the circumference of the cake, turn over into a dish. Cool for another 30 minutes on a wire rack. Slice into wedges. Serve with coffee or tea.

Notes

Allow the melted butter and the brewed coffee to reach room temperature before mixing with the egg and other wet ingredients, so you don't end up scrambling the egg.