Mary Berry, a baking icon, has shared the perfect sweet treat for those reaching for their snug jumpers, clutching warm mugs, and cosily nesting indoors to escape the chilly air as winter is fast approaching.
Mary’s coffee and walnut cake recipe is “great” and pairs perfectly with a piping hot cuppa.
This tempting delight requires a mere 10 minutes to prep and under half an hour to serve fresh from the oven.
Creating sponge cakes from scratch might seem daunting, but with Mary Berry’s guidance and straightforward ingredients, she assures that this “easy and delicious” cake can adapt to whichever nuts you’ve got knocking about.
Featured on both BBC Food websites, Mary Berry said: “Coffee and walnuts go particularly well together, but you can use other nuts for this recipe if you prefer.”
Ingredients
For the cake
100g softened unsalted butter
100g caster sugar
100g self-raising flour
50g chopped walnuts
Two eggs
One tablespoon of coffee granules
Half a tablespoon of baking powder
For the filling and topping
225g icing sugar
125g softened unsalted butter
One tablespoon of coffee granules
Eight walnuts to decorate
Method
Begin by prepping the oven to get it nice and hot at 180C for fan-assisted or 160C for gas.
Give two sandwich tins a quick buttering and line them up with baking paper.
For the cake creation, add the flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, and coffee into a bowl. Get stirring till it’s utterly smooth, then fold through the walnuts.
Split the mixture between the two cake tins, ensuring you smooth down the top with a spoon. Bake for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
Once done, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely in the cake tins for about five minutes.
After this, run a knife around the edges of the tin to lift the cake out entirely. Remove the parchment paper and ensure the cake is cool before applying any icing.
To whip up the filling and topping icing, in a bowl, beat the butter and gradually add in the icing sugar. Once the mixture is smooth, stir in the coffee until well combined.
Slather the icing on your bottom cake layer for the filling, then sandwich the cakes together.
Spread the remaining icing on top and sprinkle walnut pieces for decoration. Your luscious and creamy coffee cake is now ready to be served.
