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Coffee Cake

A delicious and moist three-layer coffee cake with a light and fluffy coffee buttercream frosting - perfect for coffee lovers!
4.50 from 2 votes
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Category: Cake
Type: Cake
Keyword: Coffee
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Cooling and Decorating Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 15 slices
Author: Jane's Patisserie

Ingredients

Coffee Cake

  • 400 g unsalted butter/baking spread
  • 400 g caster sugar
  • 8 medium eggs
  • 400 g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 4 tsp strong espresso/instant coffee

Coffee Buttercream Frosting

  • 300 g unsalted butter
  • 600 g icing sugar
  • 3 tsp strong espresso/instant coffee
  • sprinkles/coffee beans
Grams - Ounces

Instructions

Coffee Cake

  • Heat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line three 20cm/8inch cake tins with baking parchment, leave to the side.
  • Dissolve the 4tsp strong espresso/instant coffee in 1tbsp of boiling water and leave to the side to cool fully.
  • Beat together the unsalted butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy. 
  • Add in the self raising flour, eggs and baking powder and beat again briefly until combined - try not to overbeat!
  • Fold through the cooled dissolved coffee in to the cake mix so it's evenly distributed.
  • Divide the mixture equally between the tins and smooth it over.
  • Bake for 35-40 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean
  • Once baked, leave the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, and then remove and leave to cool fully on a wire rack.

Coffee Buttercream Frosting

  • Dissolve the 3tsp strong espresso/instant coffee in 1tbsp of boiling water carefully, and leave to cool fully.
  • Beat the unsalted butter on it's own until smooth
  • Add the icing sugar and mix
  • Add the coffee and mix again until light and fluffy
  • With the first layer of the cake, spread/pipe half of the buttercream onto the top of the first layer, then add the second cake on top, and repeat again
  • Sprinkle over some pretty sprinkles and or chocolate coated coffee beans and enjoy!

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