Coffee & walnut cake

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• pauline

  22 August 2010

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• monica

  23 August 2010

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  I've just finished decorating it. I couldn't get 3 layers either and as it was a bit too dry it slightly fell apart at the sides while slicing it. Also used a different icing with little butter, it was mostly soft cheese.

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• jukay

  24 August 2010

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  Found the cake didn't rise. Wonder if this has anything to do with only having 2 eggs. You would usually use more for this quantity of butter.

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• Paul

  28 August 2010

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  Measurements are wrong! Get a Victoria sponge recipe from somewhere else and add the coffee to that.

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• Jen

  01 September 2010

  Jen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  made it for my husband's birthday as he always claims its his favourite cake from childhood. Didn't have instant coffee (so used strongly made filter coffee instead), used less walnuts as it was all I had, made in 2 victoria sponge tins as in a hurry and that cut the cooking time and it avoided having to try and cut the cake neatly. Despite all this (and icing it before it was truly cold), the family pronounced it one of the best they'd ever tried, even our toddler wanted a second helping.

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• Susan

  21 September 2010

  Susan commented on this recipe

  Sorry I misread the instructions and was agreeing with the readers comments, not saying I thought she was inappropriate.

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• Cherry

  25 September 2010

  Cherry rated and commented on this recipe

  

  What a delicious cake ! Made for the first time last night, and it couldn't have turned out better, absolutely delicious. I will make this one again and again, thank you !

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• Mrsminib

  30 September 2010

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  Like other reviewers I couldn't cut this into 3 as it didn't rise as much as expected. That said, it was delicious and I will definitely make it again.

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• catherine

  02 October 2010

  catherine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was my first attempt at cake baking and went down a storm. I'll definitely make it again. Only downside is how much sugar and butter you use but worth it.

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• Rima

  02 October 2010

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• marie

  10 October 2010

  marie commented on this recipe

  I also found it impossible to cut into three, and a tip would be to cut it in half on the cake plate you are going to serve it on because when you do cut it it weakens and is hard to move without it crumbling. Apart from this i was a really good cake, easy to make and tastes delicious.

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• neil

  13 October 2010

  neil commented on this recipe

  Lovely moist cake,I cut down on the sugar by 25g and it wasnt too sweet so good tips from other comments,thanks, try it you willlove it

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• Zoe99

  16 October 2010

  Zoe99 commented on this recipe

  This was a wonderful cake! I used the quantities in the recipe but baked in a 6 inch tin and for an extra 10 minutes! Resulted in a lovely deep cake and was able to cut into three layers! Scrumptious!

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• niamh

  17 October 2010

  niamh commented on this recipe

  Great and very simple cake, although I used a slightly larger cake tin, so struggled to cut in into 2, never mind 3! Definitely need to use a stronger coffee mixture, i would suggest more coffee and less water, as ended up making twice the amount of icing I actually needed to get a good flavour as the coffee mixture was far too weak, both for the cake and the icing. Otherwise a lovely coffee cake!! Everyone was very impressed!!

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• niamh

  17 October 2010

  niamh commented on this recipe

  Great and very simple cake, although I used a slightly larger cake tin, so struggled to cut in into 2, never mind 3! Definitely need to use a stronger coffee mixture, i would suggest more coffee and less water, as ended up making twice the amount of icing I actually needed to get a good flavour as the coffee mixture was far too weak, both for the cake and the icing. Otherwise a lovely coffee cake!! Everyone was very impressed!!

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• bewsy84

  19 October 2010

  bewsy84 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yummy cake, especially the icing! Used too big a cake tin so couldn't cut the cake in 3 (or even 2 for that matter!) but just covered the whole thing in icing and it turned out fine!

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• Audra

  22 October 2010

  Audra rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So yummy!!!! Such an easy recipe. As with the other comments you would not be able to cut it into 3 so I just halved it and made half the buttercream mixture as too much would be too sickly.Still looked impressive and was so moist. Will definately make again!

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• Katie

  05 November 2010

  Katie commented on this recipe

  i just made this with 3 times the amount, to make 3 tiers of the cake, much easier and saves the hassle of attempting to cut into 3 after its cooked =D

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• Jenn

  03 December 2010

  Jenn rated and commented on this recipe

  

  my family loved this recipe, made it into cupcakes rather than a cake. My grandmother loved it so much she ate 3 for breakfast! but i thought it was a tad dry, don;t know what i should do with the dryness though. any suggestions?

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• Jason

  04 December 2010

  Jason commented on this recipe

  I made the sponge as directed and it did rise in the oven, but 5 minutes before I was due to take it out it collapsed. Is there anything else I can try to keep the sponge from collapsing ?

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Ingredients

• 125g butter , at room temperature
• 125g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 125g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 heaped tbsp coffee , dissolved in 100ml water
• 100g walnut halves

ICING

• 200g butter
• 2-300g icing sugar

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Serves 8

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Ready in 1hr

Ingredients

• 125g butter , at room temperature
• 125g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 125g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 heaped tbsp coffee , dissolved in 100ml water
• 100g walnut halves

ICING

• 200g butter
• 2-300g icing sugar

624 kcalories, protein 5.4g, carbohydrate 55.4g, fat 43.8 g, saturated fat 22.5g, fibre 0.9g, salt 1.02 g

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