Name: Cappuccino cake
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Cuts into 12 slices
Cuisine: British
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; 500g tub mascarpone; 2 tbsp light soft brown sugar; cocoa powder or drinking chocolate to decorate

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Cappuccino cake

Cappuccino cake

Jane Hornby

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Cuts into 12 slices

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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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

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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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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Nutrition: per serving

kcal559
fat39g
saturates23g
carbs48g
sugars29g
fibre1g
protein5g
salt0.72g

low

Method

step 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.
step 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.
step 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.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006

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