Coffee Walnut Cake

Name: Coffee 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; 2 tbsp instant coffee dissolved in 1 tbsp water; 100g walnuts, finely chopped; 200g butter, softened; 3 cups icing sugar; 2 tbsp espresso or strong coffee; walnut halves to decorate

Two layers of coffee-flecked sponge studded with chopped walnuts, sandwiched and frosted with a rich coffee buttercream and finished with walnut halves, a British tearoom favourite.

Total time

45 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gbutter, softened

200gcaster sugar

4eggs

200gself-raising flour

2 tbspinstant coffee dissolved in 1 tbsp water

100gwalnuts, finely chopped

200gbutter, softened

3 cupsicing sugar

2 tbspespresso or strong coffee

walnut halvesto decorate

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs. Fold in flour, coffee mixture and walnuts.

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

Cool completely.

Beat buttercream: butter, icing sugar and coffee.

Sandwich and frost cakes. Decorate 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

1669

Protein

15.7g

Fat

102.7g

Carbs

181.1g

Fiber

3.2g

Sodium

385mg

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