Recipe for coffee & walnut cake?

Ria

I have looked through Mega Index for recipe but couln't find anything. Can anyone help please? Thanks

Shez

thats funny, my husband saw it on tv last nite and said he really liked c&w cake, so i thought i would try to find a recipe too.

twink

saw one here http://www.supercook.co.uk/default.asp or i have one in my fast cakes book by mary berry it is an all in one cake but uses coffee essence but assume you could dissolve coffee granules in hot water, i can give it to you if you want

Mrs_Miggins_2

I always use my standard all in one cake mixture:
4 eggs - weigh them (in shells) - use that weight for: marg, caster sugar, SR flour. Bung everything together, beat up. I then dissolve about 3 tsps of instant coffee granules in a bit of boiling water, and add this to the mixture. Divide between 2 sandwich tins, bake at 170c for about 30 mins. I sandwich sponges with coffee butter icing - butter, icing sugar, dissolved coffee again - then add walnuts to the butter icing. Top either with more butter icing or coffee glace icing (same as butter icing but no butter!), and arrange walnuts on top. You could add walnuts to the cake batter before baking, but it can make the finished cake a bit lumpy looking - if you pile the walnuts into the filling it's plenty nutty enough.

Philippa36

Coffee and Walnut cake - Delia Smith style!

We all love this cake in our house, its really moist and delicious. Just make sure to line the cake tins otherwise it does have a tendency to stick. Its not as sweet with the mascarpone and fromage frais topping but you could always put buttercream in the middle and ice the top instead.

Ria

Shez, You saw the Nigel Slater programme too! It looked so delicious I thought I would make it as an Easter treat for my OH.

Twink, would you mind giving me the Mary Berry recipe. I just love coffee essence in cakes & I have some here. Cheers.

twink

mary berry recipe coming up

6oz,175gsoft marg
6oz, 175g castor sugar
3 eggs beaten
6oz,175g sr flour
1tsp baking powder
2oz,50g walnuts chopped
2tbsps coffee essence mix all put in 2x8inch, greased and lined tins
30-40mins @ 180c
icing
3oz,75g soft marg, use soft marg in sponge too
8oz,225g icing sugar, sieved
1tbsp milk
1tbsp coffee essence
cream marg and icing sugar then stir in milk and coffee essence, sandwich cake with 1/3 icing, spread rest over top and sides, and decorate with 2oz walnuts will freeze for 3 months, i love mary berrys recipes as you just bung it all in a bowl

Shez

Ria wrote:

Shez, You saw the Nigel Slater programme too! It looked so delicious I thought I would make it as an Easter treat for my OH.

Twink, would you mind giving me the Mary Berry recipe. I just love coffee essence in cakes & I have some here. Cheers.

I cant remember what he was watching to be honest, it might have been that!

Thanks to everyone for the recipes will definately try them!

Ive actually got a mary berry cook book (sat on shelf for years) i will have to have a look in it now! I'm only just getting back into this cooking lark!

:T

sarah1

Hi , someone has posted a recipie for coffee and walnut cake with butter cream in and i cant find it anywhere.
thay also had some recipies for cakes and things and they had a ladies name and i cant think for the life of me what her name was . she must be famous chef or something or just really good at cakes.
Please help as i need the recipies in time for sunday as mil is coming for sunday lunch, mothers day and all, and i wanted to impress;)

Pink.

Hi Sarah,

I'm not sure what recipe you're looking for, but was it Mary Berry?

There are some recipes for Coffee and Walnut cake recipes on these threads that might help:

I need a recipie for some fancy looking cakes!

Please..What tips do you have for making a decent cake???

Recipe for coffee & walnut cake?

Pink

nodwah

I'd like to know this too. I've one recipe from my Good Housekeeping book and unusually for them, it's a disaster. I't my Dh's fave and his birthday's coming soon:0