Mom's Coffee Cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 12
Ingredients
Sponge:
- 2 heaped tbsp instant coffee, dissolved in 100ml water
- 170g castor sugar
- 170g self raising flour
- 170g butter
- 3 x large eggs
- I tsp Baking powder
Cream:
- 200g butter
- 2-300g icing sugar
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven to 150c (fan) and Line/butter cake tins
- STEP 2Sponge
- STEP 3Process all ingredients together
- STEP 4Beat in 1 tbsp of the coffee mixture and then add up to another tbsp little by little until the mixture drops easily off the spoon. Keep the rest of the coffee mixture for the icing.
- STEP 5Spoon the mixture evenly between the 2 tins , level the top and bake for 40 minutes (check after 30) or until a skewer comes out cleanly. Then cool.
- STEP 6Cream
- STEP 7Make sure coffee mixture is cooled before adding to butter
- STEP 8Beat the butter until soft and then beat in 200g icing sugar followed by the remaining coffee mixture, little by little. Stop when you have a depth of colour and flavour that you like. If the icing looks a little soft, beat in extra icing sugar.