Coffee & walnut layer cake

Name: Coffee & walnut layer cake
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 2 tbsp espresso coffee; ½ tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste; 1 quantity Cream Cheese Icing; 75 g walnuts, finely chopped, plus an extra 25 g chopped walnuts, to decorate; 1 tsp baking powder; 225 g self-raising flour; 3 tbsp espresso coffee; 4 free-range eggs, beaten; 225 g caster sugar; 225 g soft unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ginger & White Cookbook

By Tonia George

Published 2014

About

There’s something very retro about a triple layer cake. Not only do you get more of the good stuff– the creamy icing – but it looks impressive, too. Just don’t skimp on the espresso. We use our house blend from Bethnal Green’s Square Mile Coffee Roasters as we feel it elevates the cake to greatness.

Ingredients

225 g soft unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
225 g caster sugar
4

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas mark 4. Grease 3 × 23 cm springform cake tins and line the bases with nonstick baking paper.

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