French Coffee Walnut Cake

Name: French Coffee Walnut Cake
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes: 10–12-portion cake
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 200 g / 7 oz self-raising flour; 175 g / 6 oz butter; 90 g / 3 oz walnuts, coarsely chopped; 90 ml / 3 fl oz strong black coffee, tepid; 2 tbs strong black coffee; 175 g / 6 oz light soft brown sugar; ¼ tsp vanilla essence; 90 g / 3 oz butter; 10–12 walnut halves; 90 g / 3 oz caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes:
10
–12-portion cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

The new season’s walnuts from Grenoble arrive in early autumn when their flavour is still mild and sweet. This is the coffee walnut cake that I bake in France.

Ingredients

175 g / 6 oz butter
175 g / 6

Europe
France
Cake
Mediterranean
Autumn
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Fold in the sifted flour alternately with the walnuts, coffee, and vanilla essence until well mixed. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin and smooth level.

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and just starting to shrink from the tin. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then unclip and r