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Coffee and walnut cake

Makes 10 slices.

Recipe bywjf.morris
BakingNon-sourdough
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Total time2 hr 14 min
DifficultyModerate
Community ratingNew recipe
Whole cake61.7g protein
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  1. 01

    Read, weigh and prepare

    5 minHands-on

    Read the full method, check the stated equipment and prepare every listed ingredient. Keep dough, filling, wash, topping and handling groups separate. Weigh edible parts as described in the ingredient list.

  2. 02

    Start heating the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Heat the oven to 160°C fan.

  3. 03

    Allow the oven to heat

    14 minHands-off · check as directed

    Allow about 15 minutes of heating in total and check that the oven has reached 160°C fan.

  4. 04

    Prepare coffee mixtures

    2 minHands-on

    Dissolve cake coffee in cake hot water and buttercream coffee in buttercream hot water, keeping mixtures separate. Grease and line the tins.

  5. 05

    Cool coffee

    10 minHands-off · check as directed

    Cool both dissolved coffee mixtures before mixing with butter.

  6. 06

    Make cake batter

    12 minHands-on

    Beat cake butter and cake sugar until pale. Beat in cake eggs gradually, using measured cake flour if splitting. Fold in remaining cake flour, baking powder, cooled cake coffee mixture and chopped cake walnuts.

  7. 07

    Fill the prepared tin

    3 minHands-on

    Spread batter evenly in the stated prepared tin or tins. Keep within the source tin capacity and bake any surplus separately.

  8. 08

    Load the prepared bake

    2 minHands-on

    Check the oven has reached the stated setting and carefully put in the prepared tray or tin.

  9. 09

    Bake

    25 minHands-off · check as directed

    Bake at 180°C conventional / 160°C fan for 22–28 minutes, until springy and a skewer comes out without wet batter. Do not open the oven early.

  10. 10

    Take out of the oven

    1 minHands-on

    Take the bake out of the oven and set it on a heatproof surface.

  11. 11

    Cool

    10 minHands-off · check as directed

    Leave in the tin for 10 minutes.

  12. 12

    Transfer to rack

    1 minHands-on

    Loosen gently and move to a rack.

  13. 13

    Cool

    50 minHands-off · check as directed

    Cool completely on the rack before filling, icing or slicing; allow about 50 minutes.

  14. 14

    Make coffee buttercream

    6 minHands-on

    Beat buttercream butter and icing sugar fluffy. Add its cold coffee mixture and buttercream milk only if needed for spreading.

  15. 15

    Assemble

    6 minHands-on

    Sandwich the cold cakes with buttercream, spread the rest over the top and arrange the listed walnut halves around the edge.

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  • Two 20 cm round tins

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