Three Layer Coffee Cake

 

Ingredients

 

8oZ Caster Sugar

8oZ Margarine or Butter

4 Eggs

8oZ Self Raising Flour

3 tbsp Strong Coffee ( I prefer to use decaf)

 

Icing

250g Butter

450g Icing Sugar

5-8tbsp Strong Coffee (dependent how strong you like it)

Chocolates, sprinkle, chopped nuts. (whatever you like to decorate)

 

Pre heat the oven to 180oC, Grease 3 small cake tins and set aside. Cream the margarine and sugar together then whisk in one egg at a time, sift in the flour then stir in the coffee. Mix together thoroughly then spoon evenly into cake tins. Bake for 20-30 minutes until golden brown and springy to touch. Once cooked set aside on a wire rack to cool.

 

Once cooled mix the butter and coffee together and then sift in the icing sugar. Layer your cake with some icing in between layers and ice the rest of the cake. I chose to use chocolate balls around the side of the cake and as it was a birthday cake some happy birthday chocolates, you can choose whatever you like :-) walnuts go particularly nicely with coffee cake. Enjoy.

Coffee Cupcake

Ingredients

4oz Caster Sugar

4oz Butter or margarine

4oz Self Raising Flour

2 Eggs

4tsp Strong coffee (I prefer to use decaf)

Icing

50g Butter

250g Icing Sugar

2tsp Strong coffee

Some cocoa powder to sprinkle

Jubilee Chocolate (optional)

Heat the oven to 180oc. Whisk the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy then beat one egg in at a time. Sift the flour and mix it all together. Add the coffee and then spoon into cupcake cases. Bake for 18-20 minutes until springy to touch. Allow to cool.

Whisk butter, icing sugar and coffee together and then top the cakes with this mix and dust with cocoa and a bit of dark chocolate (optional).