Have you been searching for the perfect coffee cake? With a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Then this is your lucky day!!! So here is a recipe for making an easy and delicious coffee cake that you can share with your family and friends.
INGREDIENTS:
- 180g Soften butter, using salted (3/4 cups + 1 tbsp)
- 180g Sugar (3/4cups + 2tbsp)
- 180g All-purpose flour, sifted ( 1 1/2 cups)
- 3 Eggs
- 2 tbsp of Cocobroma coffee (using instant coffee)
- 2 1/2 tbsp of hot water to dissolve coffee
- 1 tsp Brandy (optional)
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 Cup of nuts chopped (can substitute with cashews, almonds)
For Frosting:
- 113g Soften butter (1/2 cup)
- 260g Confectioners sugar(icing sugar) (2 1/8 cups)
- 1 tsp Cocobroma vanilla flavoured coffee
- 11/4 tsp warm water to dissolve coffee
- 2 tsp of Cocoa powder
-Few Coffee beans for decorations
Let's get baking
Preheat the oven to 350 F degree.
Butter and prepare a pan with a baking sheet on the bottom.
Soften the butter using a beater in a bowl.
Beat till light and smooth and then add sugar and beat everything.
Scrape the bowl to combine everything using a spoon.
Add 3 large eggs.
Beat while adding 1 egg at a time.
Beat until well mixed
Add flour 180g
Followed 1 & ½ tbsp baking powder
Add 1/4th tbsp salt
Add 2 tbsp cocobroma coffee in 2 & ½ tbsp water in a different bowl.
With the water dissolve the coffee
Combine well
Pour the coffee mixture into the batter
Add 1tbsp brandy (optional)
Combine well
Take a prepared pan
Transfer batter to the pan
Spread the batter evenly on the pan
Smoothen the top
Tap few times to release the air bubble
Bake for 35 mins
Set aside for 10 mins
Release the edges and keep them on a cooling rack.
Run a spatula around the pan to release it from the pan
Completely cool before frosting
Let’s now make the frosting
Soften the butter — 100g
Beat till light and fluffy using an electric beater
Add sugar — 250g
Followed by 2tbsp coco powder
Add 1 tbsp coffee powder + water mixture
Mix well until light and fluffy
It’s icing time
Separate the cake from the middle using a knife.
Put a thin layer of frosting on one side of the layer.
Add chopped nuts for the crunchy texture.
Keep the second layer on the top, the bottom of the cake facing up in order to get a flat top surface.
Now frost the entire cake.
Use a nozzle to decorate the cake.
Enjoy this lovely cake and do let us know in the comments on how you liked it