Lesley's coffee cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 10
Ingredients
- 100g soft margarine
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 115g self raising flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tbsp camp coffee essence
- 2tbsp milk
- 2tsp black treacle
- 50g chopped walnuts
For the topping
- 50g butter
- 1 dessertspoon coffee essence
- 200g icing sugar
- Walnut halves to decorate
- Makes 1 layer cake. To make 2 layers double quantities.
Method
- STEP 1Grease/line 8" round tin
- STEP 2Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy
- STEP 3Gradually add the eggs
- STEP 4Fold in the dry ingredients
- STEP 5Add coffee essence, milk, treacle and walnuts
- STEP 6Stir well
- STEP 7Spoon mix into tin and cook at 190 c/Mark 5 for approx 30 mins
- STEP 8Allow to cool. Cut in half
- STEP 9Cream butter and sieved icing sugar together. Add coffee essence. Spread mix between two halves of cake and sandwich together. Spread remaining mix on top of cake and decorate with half the walnuts.
