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Coffee, caramel & hazelnut traybake squares

Coffee, caramel & hazelnut traybake

Name: Coffee, caramel & hazelnut traybake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Cuts into 16 rectangles or 32 small squares
Ingredients: 200g butter softened, plus extra for the tin; 200g peeled hazelnuts toasted (see tip, below); 200g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 150g light soft brown sugar; 200g canned caramel or dulce de leche; 2 tbsp strong coffee (use espresso, or 1 tbsp instant coffee granules mixed with 2 tbsp boiling water); ½ tsp vanilla extract; 4 eggs; 200g canned caramel or dulce de leche; 75g butter softened; 150g icing sugar sieved; 2 tbsp strong coffee (use espresso, or 1 tbsp instant coffee granules mixed with 2 tbsp boiling water)

Barney Desmazery

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Cuts into 16 rectangles or 32 small squares

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 35 mins

plus cooling

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Serve up a traybake for afternoon tea – perfect with a cuppa. If you’re making it for children, you could simply omit the coffee in the cake and icing

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

MetricUS

200g butter

softened, plus extra for the tin
200g peeled hazelnuts

toasted (see tip, below)
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
150g light soft brown sugar
200g canned caramel or dulce de leche
2 tbsp strong coffee

(use espresso, or 1 tbsp instant coffee granules mixed with 2 tbsp boiling water)
½ tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs

For the icing

200g canned caramel or dulce de leche
75g butter

softened
150g icing sugar

sieved
2 tbsp strong coffee

(use espresso, or 1 tbsp instant coffee granules mixed with 2 tbsp boiling water)

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Nutrition: Per serving (16)

kcal442
fat27g
saturates11g
carbs42g
sugars32g
fibre2g
protein7g
salt0.6g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a deep 20 x 30cm rectangular baking tin and line with baking parchment. Tip 150g of the hazelnuts into a food processor and blitz until finely chopped, then tip in the flour, baking powder and a pinch of sea salt, and blitz again until blended as finely as possible.
step 2

Tip the softened butter and brown sugar into a bowl and beat using an electric whisk until combined. Beat in the caramel, coffee and vanilla, then add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition. Beat in the dry ingredients until everything is incorporated, then scrape the batter into the prepared tin and level the surface using a spatula. Bake for 30-35 mins, or until the top springs back when gently pressed and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool completely in the tin.
step 3

To make the icing, beat the caramel, butter and icing sugar together in a bowl using an electric whisk until smooth, then add the coffee. If the icing is very loose, chill for 30 mins until firm but spreadable. Turn the cooled cake out onto a large plate or board, then spread over the icing using a small offset palette knife. Roughly chop the remaining 50g hazelnuts and scatter these over the top, then cut the cake into 16 rectangles or 32 squares. Will keep in an airtight container for up to three days.

Recipe tip

Toasted hazelnuts
You can buy peeled toasted hazelnuts for ease, but by toasting your own, you can create an even nuttier flavour. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Scatter the nuts over a baking tray and roast for 5 mins until light brown (if they’re not already peeled, the skins should be coming loose at this stage). To remove the skins, tip the nuts into a sieve and shake around, then pick out the peeled nuts and discard the skins.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2024

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