STORAGE TIPS This cake keeps well on a covered cake stand for several days at room temperature. A homely Coffee and Walnut Cake with a luscious coffee frosting that is delicious and easy to make. Congrats on your baby! Crack the eggs into a bowl, break them up with a fork, then add them a little at a time to the butter and sugar, beating well after each addition. Beautiful walnut coffee cake and the pictures ever so gorgeous. But for a cake with a mild coffee flavour, I think any mainstream instant coffee powder should be fine. You start by blitzing the walnuts and sugar into a fine powder, before adding the rest of the ingredients. Beat the butter and caster sugar until light, pale and fluffy. This cake looks so sophisticated and delicious!!! The buttercream brings the cake together. I also haven’t cooked from Kitchen too much so I was happy to give this particular recipe a go. Home » Baking » Cakes » Coffee and Walnut Cake. It is possible that the sponge tins were slightly too shallow - the cake batter should come no more than halfway up the sides of the tin. I think I need to try Nigella’s to compare, well I’d come up with any excuse to bake plus I need to bake something for a potluck on Thursday. I recognised it from one of Nigella’s earlier shows and always kept an eye out for it. xx, Delia’s recipe sounds really lovely. I have turned oven up to 180°C although it's a fan as even after 20 minutes the cakes looked very raw. I hope you will enjoy this recipe. It is by far the best cake I’ve ever made. This might sound like a joke…as though Australian chickens might be very different, but with baking these things can have a big impact! Wherever you live, I think you should just make the best of the ingredients available to you And once you are familiar with how certain ingredients work in your recipes, you can make adjustments to your taste. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Thank you! Dissolve the coffee granules in a tablespoon of boiling water, then stir into the mixture. Thank you! Learn how your comment data is processed. Eggs, too are different sizes. Hope you are doing well too , I found Delia’s recipe on her site. They win every time! https://www.notquitenigella.com/2019/03/25/vegan-sponge-cake-coffee-walnut So if you prefer a stronger coffee-flavoured cake, I would suggest using instant espresso powder. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. You have such a lovely husband I’m glad you and your family enjoy this recipe – it’s one that I also love and ought to make more often. Asked by janwilkins. Thanks for popping by! It seems to not be widely available (unlike the Bialetti brand), but I would recommend checking out Italian delis and specialty stores. Hello, my name is Thanh!I'm an Aussie living in Switzerland and I love to cook fast and easy meals for my family, using fresh and seasonal ingredients. I tend to use British baking powder in my recipes, but also the local French, German and Swiss brands as a back-up, although when using any of the latter, I find that my cakes do not rise as much. Dissolve the instant coffee powder in the boiling water. Is it available online? Only after a few weeks did I muster up the energy to get back into the kitchen, and I’m thankful that I did. Copyright © 2020 Nigella Lawson. I guess it is an understatement to say that life gets busier with a baby, but I suppose our priorities also change. What an excellent recipe! Also, LOVE your photography! Spread half of the frosting onto the sponge and spread it evenly. But some would argue that the difference is negligible. Enjoy every precious minute with him. I love coffee and walnut cake, your looks lovely. Which book is it from? In the early weeks, whenever my baby took a nap, so did I! This wonderful recipe for Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake comes from Kitchen by Nigella Lawson. I bet it tastes divine too! Yum, Coffee and Walnut is an definite favourite of mine, yet to find my perfect recipe though.. Please leave a comment below and share your photos by tagging @eatlittlebird on Instagram and using #eatlittlebird. I took the time out to learn the science and the art of it by trying little baking experiments during her nap time. I love making classic and good, old-fashioned cakes. Add the 225g/2 sticks butter, flour, 4 teaspoons espresso powder, baking powder, bicarb and eggs and process to a smooth batter. In fact, I’m not sure I even liked drinking coffee until well into my late twenties. RECIPE CREDIT This recipe is adapted from Kitchen by Nigella Lawson. Well, in my experience,it was quite the opposite for me. This is a really lovely Coffee and Walnut Cake, both to look at and to eat. And I love the combination of this cake. Thank you, Sue! Pleased to find your blog, it looks lovely, excited to explore more. With the motor still running, pour a little bit of milk down the funnel until the batter is a soft, spreadable consistency. And be sure not to get the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda the wrong way around, as bicarbonate of soda is very active and will cause the cake batter to bubble up a lot in the oven. Answered on 19th June 2020. Place the walnuts and caster sugar into the bowl of a food processor and blitz until you have a fine powder. Your email address will not be published. Would it also be possible to use instant coffee for the icing instead of espresso powder? I must admit that coffee cake has never been one of my favourites, but the older I get, the more I think I’d enjoy it – a lot! I was going to bake this eve but have spent my time looking through your recent posts. (I live in Sydney, and instant espresso powder has eluded me no matter where I’ve looked.). My daughter has even asked me to make this as her birthday cake! You may as well go all the way! I can’t wait to have some friends over for afternoon tea just so i can make this cake Congratulations on your baby, what a precious gift! Add the butter, flour, coffee mixture, baking powder, baking soda, and eggs. This looks amazing! Lovely to see you here, Jennifer You are right – Nigella’s recipes are always reliable and it’s probably why I always turn to her books when I don’t have time to experiment. I love that the walnuts are ground with the sugar and actually in the cake itself; may just have to try this recipe! Read about our approach to external linking. This Coffee and Walnut Cake is actually a coffee cake, in that it is heady with coffee flavour in both the sponge and frosting, thanks to a touch of instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder. I haven’t cooked too much from Kitchen either but, slowly, I’ve come to realise that it has some pretty nice recipes. Divide the batter between both cake tins. Nigella’s recipes are always so deliciously reliable! Coffee and walnut is such a classic tea room cake. Our little baby is just the most wonderful thing that has happened to us Hopefully you will have a chance to make this cake soon. Thank-you, British and Canadian/USA baking powder have different chemical compositions. Hi Thanh, I’m going to make this cake for my daughters 14 th birthday (she’s loves coffee flavoured treats) but my food processor unfortunately broke a while back, could I use an electric whisk to make this? Thanks, Josie! Sometimes when cakes overflow it is due to too much raising agent. Required fields are marked *. So wonderful to see you posting again Thanh. I discovered your blog recently and love it! Method. Coffee and Walnut Cake is a familiar sight from my childhood, it being a regular feature in my parents’ bakery. Next time around, I think I will up the coffee flavour and use instant espresso powder as per the original recipe. Do give it a try when you get a bit of time, I promise you, you’ll not regret it , http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/party-food/austrian-coffee-and-walnut-cake-with-coffee-cream.html, I liked Nigella’s version, it’s a decadent cake with a subtle nutty note. Can you please tell me where I can purchase one? I have been looking for one just like it for ages.