Coffee Walnut Cake

Coffee Walnut Cake

This is a lovely tea time classic and is absolutly delicious! Very light and moist and walnuts are a lovely addition.

Ingrediants
8oz Butter
8oz light brown sugar
8oz flour
4 eggs
2 tbsp good strong coffee
1 tsp xanthum gum
1 tsp Bicarb soda

For the icing
50g Butter
100g Icing sugar
2 tsp coffee essence
handful walnuts

1. Beat the butter and sugar until light and flluffy before adding the eggs 1 at a time
2. Once mixed well add the flour, bicarb and xanthum gum
3. Add the coffee once it has cooled
4. Place in an oven in any tin, loaf, sandwich or square, at 175oC for about 30 minutes or until light brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
5. Once cooled prepare the icing. Beat together the butter and icing sugar till stiff then add in the coffee essence.
6. Spread on top of the cooled cake before decorating with walnuts either crushed or whole.