BBC Good Food

16 November 2009

Tested

"Really nice recipe. But I didn't use the mascarpone filling as I thought that might be too rich and also mascarpone is unbelievably fattening lol. So I just used a normal buttercream filling. I was tempted to flavour the buttercream filling with coffee but decided to stick with it unflavoured and it was lovely. Next time I will put more coffee flavouring into the sponge mixture as it doesn't taste that much of coffee. I will also put a few drops of coffee flavouring into it as well. You can use standard walnut pieces instead of halves and they do taste delicious roasted and placed on top - just make sure you don't over roast them! I also used a generic spread which is famous for its smiley sun logo - which due to it being already soft makes it much easier to use than butter and better for you too!"