Walnut Cake

Name: Walnut Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g butter, softened; 200g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 200g self-raising flour; 150g walnuts, finely chopped; 200g butter, softened; 3 cups icing sugar; 2 tbsp strong espresso; walnut halves to decorate

A moist British walnut sponge with coffee buttercream and whole walnuts to decorate. Beating the butter and sugar until genuinely pale and fluffy, not just combined, aerates the batter and gives the sponge its light crumb.

Total time

45 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gbutter, softened

200gcaster sugar

4eggs

200gself-raising flour

150gwalnuts, finely chopped

200gbutter, softened

3 cupsicing sugar

2 tbspstrong espresso

walnut halvesto decorate

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs one at a time.

Fold in flour and chopped walnuts.

Divide between 2 greased 20cm tins. Bake at 180°C for 25 minutes.

Make coffee buttercream: beat butter, icing sugar and espresso until fluffy.

Sandwich and frost cakes. Top with walnut halves.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1751

Protein

17.6g

Fat

110.8g

Carbs

182.8g

Fiber

Sodium

385mg

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