• 125g butter , at room temperature
• 125g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 125g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 heaped tbsp coffee , dissolved in 100ml water
• 100g walnut halves

Heat the oven to 170C/fan 150C/fan Line a deep 18cm loose-based or spring form cake tin.

Beat the butter and sugar together with electric beaters and then beat in the eggs, flour and baking powder.

Beat in 1 tbsp of the coffee mixture and then add up to another tbsp little by little until the mixture drops easily off the spoon.

Keep the rest of the coffee mixture for the icing.
Stir in half the walnuts, snapping them in half as you drop them into the bowl.

Spoon into the tin, level the top and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly. Cool.

To make the icing, beat the butter until soft and then beat in 200g icing sugar followed by the remaining coffee mixture, little by little.

Stop when you have a depth of colour and flavour that you like. If the icing looks a little soft, beat in extra icing sugar.

Cut the cake into 3 slices horizontally and then sandwich the layers together with some of the icing, you need a reasonably thick layer.

Ice the top of the cake with the rest of the icing and decorate with the rest of the walnuts.

Walnut Cakes is ready to serve.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 866 views