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  • Makes 1
  • 2 hours
  • Difficulty Medium
  • 17 Ingredients

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This coffee and walnut cake is sure to be a hit when friends are dropping around for morning tea!


Ingredients (makes 1 cake)

  • 125 g walnuts
  • 1 Tbsp instant coffee powder
  • 250 g softened butter
  • 440 g caster sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 150 g plain flour
  • 75 g self raising flour
  • 120 g lite sour cream
  • extra walnuts to decorate
  • COFFEE BUTTERCREAM:
  • 1 Tbsp instant coffee powder
  • 2 Tbsp lite milk
  • 185 g softened butter
  • 360 g icing sugar mixture
  • COFFEE ICING:
  • 2 tsp instant coffee powder
  • 1 cup icing sugar mixture

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and line two 20 cm round cake pans (or one if you are happy cutting the cake in half yourself).
  2. Process the walnuts in a food processor until finely ground and set aside.
  3. Combine the coffee with 1 tablespoon of hot water in a small bowl and stir until the coffee dissolves.
  4. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
  5. Add the coffee mixture and beat to combine. Add the ground walnut, combined flour and sour cream and stir to combine.
  6. Spoon 1/2 the batter into each prepared tin (or all into 1) and smooth the surface.
  7. Bake for approximately 50 minutes to an hour for two cakes (1 and 1/4 hours for one cake) until skewer comes out clean. Set aside for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cake rack to cool completely.
  8. BUTTERCREAM: Dissolve the coffee with one tablespoon of hot water. Stir until the coffee dissolves. Add the milk and set aside. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter until very pale. Gradually add the icing sugar beating well after each addition. Add the coffee mixture and beat to combine.
  9. Spread one completely cooled cake (or one half of cake if you cooked one and cut it in half) with the butter cream.
  10. COFFEE ICING: Dissolve the coffee with 2 TEASPOONS of hot water. Stir until dissolved. Add the icing sugar and stir until smooth (slightly runny) adding a little extra water if necessary. Spread the icing over the top of the cake and decorate with walnuts.

Notes

You might laugh at the lite sour cream and lite milk in such a decadent recipe, but that's what we used because it's what we have (and it worked). The full fat versions of sour cream and milk will work too.

  • Wow, this definitely sounds like something hubby would love for his birthday.
    Coffee buttercream is something different which I’ve never had before but it sounds absolutely amazing!!!

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  • I dont mind a cup of coffee but in a cake its not really for me.

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  • My mum would love this delicious coffee and walnut cake. I will have to give her a copy of this recipe.

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  • A beautiful cake to enjoy with a coffee!

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  • I would love to try this recipe.

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  • Yes, this sounds amazing. I love anything with coffee in it. And the added crunch of the walnuts… yum!

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  • Definitely use a really good quality coffee for this one! Cheap stuff won’t cut it. Absolutely love coffee and walnut cake

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  • Ohhhh this looks indulgent and yum!

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  • Yum. I love both coffee and walnuts so this sounds good.

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  • I’m not a fan of coffee cakes – but thanks for sharing.

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  • I’m more of a chocolate girl myself :P

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  • I cant wait to try this. Is love coffee cake

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  • Looks delish!

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  • Make you want to cook one as looks so yummy too.

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  • Oh my goodness this sounds amazing!
    I love buttercream so much.
    Will definitely need to bake this one.

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