Coffee Cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Allow an hour cooling time for the cake and 15 mins to ice it.
- Easy
- Serves 8
Coffee cake with mascarpone cream and walnuts.
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 225g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 225g golden caster sugar
- 225g olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp strong coffee
- 75ml milk
For the filling:
- 225g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 225g golden caster sugar
- 225g olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp strong coffee
- 75ml milk
- 100g softened butter
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 250g mascarpone
- 12 walnut halves
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tsp strong coffee
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven to 170’C. Line two 20cm cake tins.
- STEP 2Whisk together the eggs, olive oil, coffee, milk and sugar. Gently mix in the flour and baking powder. Divide the mixture evenly between the cake tins. Bake for 25-30 mins.
- STEP 3To make the filling, whisk together the butter and sugar. Add the mascarpone, coffee and vanilla extract. Whisk until completely combined. Spread half the cream in between the sponges, and half the cream on top of the cake. Arrange the walnut halves on top of the cake.
