Coffee & Walnut Cake Recipe

Tara de la Motte
Apr 14
2 min read

This is a lovely classic cake with a wonderful combination of coffee and walnut with a delicious cream frosting

“The magic of Coffee and walnut”

Coffee and walnut cake has almost become a national treasure here in the U.K. I don’t think I have ever come across a tea room here in Sussex, that didn’t serve coffee and walnut cake.

I think it’s enduring popularity is due to the surprising combination of coffee and walnut

Coffee & Walnut Cake Recipe

Ingredients

What you will need:

180g Butter
180g Caster Sugar
3 Eggs
180g Self Raising Flour
2 tsp of Instant Coffee powder dissolved in 1tbs of Hot Water
60g Walnut Pieces
2 x 7 inch Sandwich Tins

Frosting

250g Mascarpone Cheese
85g icing sugar
1 1/2 tsp Instant Coffee powder dissolved in 1 1/2 tsp Hot Water
Walnut Halves to Decorate

Method

Walnut halves to decorate
Preheat oven to 160°C /gas 4
Cream butter & sugar
Beat in eggs
Add flour and combine everything
Fold in the walnuts and coffee
Divide mixture between tins and evenly spread out
Bake for 25 mins
Check cake is cooked by inserting a skewer and this should come out clean

Frosting

Mix mascarpone, icing sugar and coffee till creamy
Spread half the frosting evenly on one cake then place other on top and spread remaining frosting on top
Decorate with walnut halves to finish

I find this cake rather sophisticated and impressive. I like to serve it as a dessert at the end of a meal sometimes with freshly whipped cream containing a dash of coffee liqueur