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Cappuccino Coffee Cake Recipe

February 21, 2017 by rachel Leave a Comment

 

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I had the urge to bake a cake this weekend. Probably not a great idea while I’m temporarily tracking my calories…although I’m not trying to lose weight, it just means I’m taking notice of what I’m eating so I’m looking a lot closer at stuff that I put into my belly!! Oh well…..

I really wanted to bake a solid cake (solid good, not solid hard!) so I decided on a coffee cake with a frosting laced with Kahlúa…yum.

This recipe is adapted from a Mary Berry recipe.

[callout title=Ingredients for the cake]

  • 340g soft butter
  • 340g light muscovado sugar
  • 340g self-raising flour 
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder 
  • 6 large eggs 
  • 6 level tsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1.5 tbsp boiling water

[/callout]

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Method:

  • Preheat the oven to 180C
  • Butter and line the base of three deep 8in cake tins
  • Cream the butter in a freestanding mixer
  • Add the sugar and beat well
  • Add the flour, baking powder and eggs and mix well
  • Add the dissolved coffee and mix until combined
  • Divide the batter between the three cake tins
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 25–30 minutes until golden brown
  • Leave to cool before frosting

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[callout title=Ingredients for the frosting]

  • 175g soft butter 
  • 350g icing sugar 
  • 4 level tsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water
  • 1 tsp Kahlúa

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Method:

  • Beat the butter and icing sugar together on a medium speed
  • Beat in the dissolved coffee and Kahlúa on a medium speed
  • Turn the mixer to high and beat until light and fluffy
  • If you need to loosen the frosting, add a splash of milk

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I then decorated the cake with chocolate shavings and chocolate coffee beans.

I found the frosting was quite stiff and could have done with adding a bit of milk, but I didn’t realise until I had added a dollop on top of the cake so worked with it. If I made this again, I would add some milk and maybe multiply the amounts by 1.5 as I felt I needed a little more frosting to cake ratio.

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I would also use a stronger coffee as the flavour wasn’t quite strong enough for my taste.

But overall, a great cake. Just a few tweaks needed if I was going to bake it again.

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Welcome to Sunday Baking! I started this blog at the start of 2013 and it's taken me on a wonderful journey. A lot has changed in the last few years and you will now see more refined sugar free recipes (although don't worry....if you have a sweet tooth I will still be featuring regular sweet stuff too!).
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Happy Baking!
Rachel x

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