Macadamia Nut Coffee Cake

Name: Macadamia Nut Coffee Cake
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes: 21 squares
Ingredients: 30 g / 1 oz ground almonds; 150 g / 5 oz macadamia nuts; 230 g / 8 oz self-raising flour; 1 tsp icing sugar; 3 eggs; 6 tbs milk; 150 g / 5 oz light soft brown sugar; 150 g / 5 oz butter; 2 tbs ground coffee

Preparation info

Makes:
21
squares

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

A single-layer coffee-flavoured cake covered with crunchy macadamia nuts. Pecan nut halves can be used instead, if you wish. Cut this cake into squares for serving.

Ingredients

2 tbs ground coffee
6 tbs milk
150 g / <

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Infuse the coffee in the milk in a small pan over low heat and bring almost to the boil. Remove the pan from the heat, stir and leave for 5 minutes then strain through a fine sieve into a cup.

Measure the butter into a mixing bowl and sift the sugar on top. Take a tablespoon of the sugar and keep aside. Cream the butter with the rest of the sugar until light and fluffy. Separate one egg