Walnut date and coffee cake - iced
- Minutes to Prepare:
- Minutes to Cook:
- Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
CAKE4 eggs115g/4oz icing sugar1 tbsp fine fresh breadcrumbs1 tbsp finely ground fresh coffee1 tbsp real cocoa powder100g walnuts roughly chopped100g dried dates roughly chopped(the original recipe is 175g walnuts)ICING115g/4oz butter softened115g/4oz icing sugar sifted1 egg yolk1 tbsp instant coffee2tbsp boiling water
preheat oven to 180 degrees C
Grease an line a 20cm/8in diameter, 25cm/2in high cake tin.
Separate yolks from egg whites
Cream yolks and sugar together until pale yellow and hanging like ribbons from the beater.
Add breadcrumbs, ground coffee, cocoa, walnuts and dates and mix well together.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold into the walnut mixture
Pour into prepared cake tin
Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 45 mins
Cool in tin, then turn out onto a rack.
To make the icing cream the butter with the icing sugar and egg yolk. Disolve the instant coffee in the boiling water abd mix well into the icing. Spread over the cake witha wet knife
Number of Servings: 10
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PURPLE_ANGEL.
Grease an line a 20cm/8in diameter, 25cm/2in high cake tin.
Separate yolks from egg whites
Cream yolks and sugar together until pale yellow and hanging like ribbons from the beater.
Add breadcrumbs, ground coffee, cocoa, walnuts and dates and mix well together.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold into the walnut mixture
Pour into prepared cake tin
Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 45 mins
Cool in tin, then turn out onto a rack.
To make the icing cream the butter with the icing sugar and egg yolk. Disolve the instant coffee in the boiling water abd mix well into the icing. Spread over the cake witha wet knife
Number of Servings: 10
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PURPLE_ANGEL.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 311.8
- Total Fat: 18.3 g
- Cholesterol: 120.5 mg
- Sodium: 48.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 34.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
- Protein: 4.8 g
Member Reviews