Name: Coffee and Walnut loaf Cake recipe by Rekha Vengalil at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: All purpose flour – 1 & 1/3 cups; Baking powder – 1 & ¼ teaspoons; Instant coffee powder – 2 tablespoons; Ground cinnamon – 1 teaspoon; Dark brown sugar – 220 grams; Unsalted butter – 125 grams; Whole milk – ½ cup; Eggs – 2; Toasted walnuts – 125 grams, Chopped; Icing sugar – 1/2 tablespoons; Hot water – 2- 3 teaspoons; Butter – ¼ teaspoon

ABOUT Coffee and Walnut loaf Cake RECIPE

A tea cake for coffee lovers! A simple and beautiful cake with a host of flavours provided by the coffee, cinnamon, and dark brown sugar, and crunchy walnuts.

Ingredients Serving: 6

All purpose flour – 1 & 1/3 cups
Baking powder – 1 & ¼ teaspoons
Instant coffee powder – 2 tablespoons
Ground cinnamon – 1 teaspoon
Dark brown sugar – 220 grams
Unsalted butter – 125 grams
Whole milk – ½ cup
Eggs – 2
Toasted walnuts – 125 grams, Chopped
Icing sugar – 1/2 tablespoons
Hot water – 2- 3 teaspoons
Butter – ¼ teaspoon

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 160 C. Grease and line a 9×5 loaf pan. In a sauce pan, add the butter, sugar, milk and coffee powder. Now over a low heat, stir until the butter has melted. Turn the heat off.
In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon. Beat the eggs well in a small bowl and add it to the flour. Stir in the butter mixture and chopped walnuts (reserving a few nuts for garnishing).
Gently fold the mixture till well combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes.
Now remove the loaf and top the loaf with with reserved walnuts and back into the oven for another 30-35 minutes or till the toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the loaf.
Cool the loaf for 10 minutes in pan and then on a wire rack. While the cake is cooling, Make the icing, In a bowl, add the sugar, butter and gradually add the hot water and mix until the icing comes to a thin consistency.
Once the cake is cooled, drizzle the icing over and let it stand until set.

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