Cappuccino cake

Cappuccino cake

If you've offered to bake a treat for a stall or your local coffee morning then this cake stall classic is just the thing

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Cake base only

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter 2 x 20cm sandwich tins and line the bottoms with greaseproof paper. Beat butter and sugar together with electric beaters until pale and creamy. Add the fl our and eggs in one go and keep beating until evenly mixed. Fold in the walnuts (if using) and half of the coffee. Spoon the mix into the prepared tins and bake for 25-30 mins or until golden and well risen.
  2. Leave the cakes in their tins for 5 mins before turning onto a wire rack. Sweeten the remaining coffee with the extra sugar and sprinkle 4 tbsp over the sponges. Leave to cool completely.
  3. While the cakes cool, make the frosting. Tip the mascarpone into a large bowl and beat in the sugar and remaining coffee until smooth and creamy. Use about half of the frosting to sandwich the sponges together then, using a palette or cutlery knife, spread the rest of the frosting over the top of the cake. Decorate with a dusting of cocoa powder or drinking chocolate. If you're making this cake to eat at home, it will keep covered in the fridge for 2-3 days.

Per serving

559 kcalories, protein 5.0g, carbohydrate 48.0g, fat 39.0 g, saturated fat 23.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 29.0g, salt 0.72 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006.

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  • 03 November 2007

    virginia rated this recipe

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  • 09 November 2007

    mechantefille commented on this recipe

    more thana comment its a question - can i substitute white sugar instead of brown and can the mascarpone be substituted with icecream??

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  • 22 November 2007

    Thelma rated this recipe

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  • 14 December 2007

    melaniejones commented on this recipe

    Easy to make, tastes delicious and looks very impressive. To answer the above questions - I'm always substituting different sugar types dependant upon what's in my cupbpard and I've never had a problem. Personally I don't think ice-cream would stay solid long enough to use for the icing and would make the cake too soggy but why not experiment?!

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  • 02 January 2008

    Elaine rated this recipe

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  • 07 January 2008

    H's binder rated and commented on this recipe

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    I love this recipe. It is easy to make, looks gorgeous and tastes delicious.

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  • 10 January 2008

    Louise commented on this recipe

    I always like to make a cake when I have friends round for coffee, a coffee cake can be a hit or a miss with people's tastes, but this was a beautiful cake, very easy to prepare.

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  • 03 February 2008

    craftycook commented on this recipe

    the cappuccino cake would it be suitable for freezing as i like to bake cakes and freeze them in portions ready to take out of the freezer at short notice. thanks denise dunn

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    07 February 2008

    sue commented on this recipe

    I made this cake to sell in my tea rooms in conwy north wales and it was a big hit and it was so easy to make thanks sue roberts

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  • 13 February 2008

    amanda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe

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  • 20 February 2008

    AlbaJules commented on this recipe

    I've made this cake several times for our monthly church coffee morning and there's never any left (much to my husband's disgust!!) It's a lovely cake and the mascarpone frosting is much nicer than a sickly sweet butter cream one.

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  • 25 February 2008

    Char commented on this recipe

    How to change the ingredients to American measurments?

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    25 February 2008

    jan commented on this recipe

    very easy and really impressive to look at. Make your coffee strong as you dare.

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  • 28 February 2008

    flapjacks commented on this recipe

    I hope this link to a cooking measurement converter is helpful to you Char: http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong200_cookingconverter.html PS: The cake is very tasty & is now in my online binder, thanks!

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  • 01 March 2008

    Hood Food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Could someone please tell me what sort of lock you need on the fridge to make it last 2-3 days?

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  • 03 March 2008

    snowberry rated and commented on this recipe

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    The recipe was so easy to follow; the cake itself was so light. My neighbours are putting in requests for me to make them some! I agree with Hood Food above - mine lasted 3 hours!

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  • 10 March 2008

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  • 12 March 2008

    Hind' Recipe rated and commented on this recipe

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    Excellent!

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  • 21 March 2008

    Lindsay rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very light cake, with a lovely light mascarpone filling and topping. Typically I find most cake recipes never allow for enough icing but this cake certainly does! Went down a storm for Mother's Day. Would make again.

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  • 29 March 2008

    Lily commented on this recipe

    I just made this cake today and it was gorgeous! (If I say so myself.) The cake was really light and the frosting complimented it perfectly (although I forgot to put the cocoa on the top.) The only negative was that 500g of the mascarpone made way too much frosting I felt.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Cake base only

Ingredients

  • 250g pack butter , softened
  • 250g light soft brown sugar plus 2-3 tbsp
  • 300g self-raising flour
  • 4 eggs , beaten
  • 50g walnuts , toasted and finely chopped (a food processor is easiest), optional
  • 200ml very strong coffee (made fresh or with instant), cooled

FOR THE FROSTING

  • 500g tub mascarpone
  • 2 tbsp light soft brown sugar
  • cocoa powder or drinking chocolate to decorate
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Per serving

559 kcalories, protein 5.0g, carbohydrate 48.0g, fat 39.0 g, saturated fat 23.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 29.0g, salt 0.72 g

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