Coffee & Walnut Cake

 Mother's Day Treat 

 (for our overseas visitors - of which there are many 

 Mother's Day in Australia is Sunday May 13th 2007)  

A traditional Style Cake - suitable for any occasion and something

the kids can make from the store cupboard!

Three parts to this recipe, cake mixture, filling and icing.
You will need to pre-heat the oven to 180c. and line and

grease two deep sandwich tins (20cm) diameter

Cake Mixture .

Beat together for at least 5 minutes in a bowl or food processor
200gms of soft butter with 200gms of castor sugar
Continue beating and add 4 free range eggs, 1 at a time,

using a little flour if it starts to separate.
Sift and fold into the mixture 200gm of self raising flour.
Then fold in 50gm of chopped walnuts.
Then fold in 1 teaspoon of Coffee Essence mixed

with a teaspoon of water.
Divide the mixture evenly between the two tins

and bake for about 20/25 minutes.

Cake Filling

Make a filling of Icing Sugar (about 150 gm) Soft Butter (about 60gms),
2 teaspoons of Coffee essence and 1 tablespoon of Cream

Cake Icing

Icing Sugar (about 250gms) mixed with 1 teaspoon of Coffee essence

 and enough cold water to bind.
Sandwich the two cakes with the filling and then pour icing onto top

and spread evenly over sides and top.  Decorate, if you wish with Walnut halves.
HINT: No Coffee essence? Make up strong mixture with instant Coffee 

 4 teaspoons for the cake and 1 teaspoon for the icing

 12th  May 2006