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Coffee and walnut cake
Ingredients
For the cake
- 2 heaped tbsp coffee granules
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g butter
- 4 eggs
- 200g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 15 walnut halves, coarsely chopped
- Zest of an orange
For the coffee cream filling
- 350g icing sugar
- 175g unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp instant coffee granules
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 2 tbsp coffee liquor
- Extra walnuts for decorating
Method
Start by greasing and lining 2 x 20cm round cake tins. To make the coffee cake, dissolve the coffee granules in the hot water and put aside to cool. Make the cake as a Victoria sponge by beating together the butter and sugar till light, then add the eggs one at a time, then finally fold in the flour, baking powder, chopped walnuts, orange zest and dissolved coffee granules. Put the cake mixture into the prepared cake tins, level out, and bake in the oven at 200`c, for about 35 minutes, or until the cake springs back when pressed. Remove the cakes from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. Next, while the cakes cool down, you can prepare the coffee cream filling. Put the remaining coffee granules and coffee liqueur into a saucepan and heat gently to dissolve the coffee granules. Leave to cool completely. Next, place the butter in a bowl and beat till light and fluffy. Slowly stir in the icing sugar, and then add in the dissolved coffee and liqueur and continue mixing till you a have a smooth cream filling. Cut both of the cakes in half horizontally. Fill both cakes with 1/2 of the coffee cream filling, and then use 1/2 of the remaining cream to sandwich the 2 cakes together. Place the cake onto a large round serving plate and spread the remaining cream filling on the top. Finally, decorate the top of the coffee cake with walnut halves. For best results, chill the coffee and walnut cake before serving.
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Ingredients
Għall-kejk
- 2 mgħaref imburġati trab tal-kafè
- mgħarfa misħun
- 200g zokkor fin (caster sugar)
- 200g butir
- 4 bajdiet
- 200g dqiq self-raising
- kuċċarina trab tal-ħami (baking powder)
- 15-il nofs tal-ġewż, imfarrka f’biċċiet kbar
- qoxra maħkuka ta’ larinġa
Għall-krema tal-kafè
- 350g zokkor tal-ġelu (icing sugar)
- 175g butir bla melħ
- mgħarfa trab tal-kafè
- mgħarfa misħun
- 2 mgħaref likur tal-kafè
- ġewż biex iżżejjen
Method
Idlek u iksi 2 landed tal-kejkijiet ta’ 20ċm. Biex tagħmel il-kejk, dewweb it-trab tal-kafè fil-misħun u ħallih jiksaħ. Għal dan il-kejk tuża l-istess metodu tal-Victoria sponge. Ħabbat flimkien il-butir u z-zokkor sakemm ikollok taħlita ħafifa, imbagħad żid il-bajd waħda waħda. Ftit ftit, itfa’ d-dqiq, it-trab tal-ħami, ġewż, il-qoxra maħkuka tal-larinġa u l-kafè. Qiegħed it-taħlita fiż-żewġ laned u daħħalhom fil-forn, f’temperatura ta’ 200oC għal madwar 35 minuta, jew meta l-kejkijiet jogħlew meta tagħfashom. Oħroġhom mill-forn u ħallihom jiksħu fuq gradilja. Sadattant lesti l-krema tal-kafè għall-mili – poġġi t-trab u l-likur tal-kafè f’kazzola u saħħan fuq nar baxx sakemm il-kafè jinħall. Itfi n-nar u ħallih jiksaħ sew. Imbagħad itfa’ l-butir f’kazzola u ħabbtu sakemm isir artab u ħafif. Miegħu ħawwad bil-mod iz-zokkor u wara żid it-taħlita tal-kafè u l-likur. Kompli ħawwad sakemm ikollok krema ratba. Aqsam iż-żewġ kejkijiet min-nofs għat-tul u imliehom b’nofs il-krema. Imbagħad uża nofs il-krema li jkun fadal biex tpoġġi ż-żewġ kejkijiet fuq xulxin. Poġġi l-kejk fuq platt kbir tond u iksi l-wiċċ bil-krema li jkun fadal. Żejjen il-wiċċ bil-ġewż. Biex ikollok riżultat aħjar, kessaħ il-kejk qabel isservih.
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