Coffee Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan. Line and butter two 18cm sandwich tins. Add the sugar and butter to a bowl and whisk until very fluffy and pale.
• Whisk the eggs in a mug with a fork, then add them gradually to the mixture with 1 tbsp of flour each time. (Make sure you don't use all the flour.) When the eggs have been fully combined into the mix, add the rest of the flour and fold it in gently.
• Add the dissolved coffee to the mixture, still folding. Divide into the sandwich tins and cook for 25-30 min until risen and firm and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Can be frozen at this stage.
• Meanwhile, make the icing by beating the icing sugar with the butter until light and fluffy, then add the dissolved coffee. Whisk, then cover and set aside until ready to ice the cake.
• Spread half the icing on the bottom of one sponge and spread the strawberry jam on the bottom of the other, if using. Sandwich together, then spread the remaining icing on top. Decorate with walnuts or cherries, if you like.

Steps:

• Roll dough out into rectangular shape a little less than a 1/2 inch thick. Combine sugar, cinnamon, raisins and walnuts. Spread melted butter over dough and sprinkle with sugar mixture. Roll up along the long side of dough. Form into a wreath and pinch ends together. Place on greased baking sheet. Using scissors or a sharp knife slice 3/4 of the way through every 1 1/2 inches. Arrange slices out on sides to form wreath. Cover with damp cloth and let rise in warm place for 45 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two round baking pans.
• In a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
• Melt 2 sticks of butter in a pot over medium-low heat. While that's melting, add 3 tablespoons instant coffee to 1 cup boiling water. Set aside.
• Once butter has melted, add coffee mixture to the butter in the pot. Let it come to a boil for about ten seconds, then turn off the heat. Set aside for just a minute.
• In a separate bowl, add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
• Pour the butter/coffee mixture into the flour mixture. Stir the mixture together gently. The purpose here isn't to mix it together perfectly, but to cool down the heat before adding the egg mixture.
• Add in the egg mixture and stir gently until well combined. Then pour into pans. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until set.
• Allow to cool completely.
• Combine all icing ingredients, then ice the cake. Chill for an hour before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and lightly flour a 10 inch fluted tube pan.
• In a bowl whisk together coffee, sugar, oil, honey, vinegar and vanilla.
• Add eggs; whisk until combined.
• In another bow combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, soda, salt and nutmeg.
• Whisk in coffee mixture until combined. Add 1 cup hazelnuts; stir to combine. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated over about 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted near centre comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan to serving plattewr. Brush with some of the coffee-hazelnut syrup.
• Cool for 30 minutes. Brush again with syrup.
• Sprinkle with the 1/4 cup hazelnuts.
• Serve cake warm with remaining syrup.