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Coffee and Pistachio cake
For Snack / Other ( Cakes, Cheese )
Published on 08/11/13
30 minutes to prepare and 3o mins to 1 hour minutes to cook
Serves 8/10
Description
A delicious cake for all to enjoy
Ingredients
175g/6oz butter175g/6oz golden caster sugar
3 large eggs
175g/6oz flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp instant coffee granules
65g/3 oz pistachio peices
The topping and filling ingredients
125 butter
200g cream cheese
400g icing sugar
half a tsp of vanilla extract
Instructions
1 pre heat oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.2 Line the base of 2 x 20cm/8ins loose bottom tins with baking parchment.
3 Beat butter and sugar until light, pale and fluffy, best to do with electric mixer.
4 Crack eggs into bowl & break up with fork, add a little at a time to butter & sugar, beat well.
5 Combine the flour and Baking powder & gently mix into butter and sugar, by hand or slow mixer.
6 dissolve coffee into tbsp of boiling water, stir into mixture.
7 chop the nuts and fold them in gently.
8 Divide the mix between the 2 tins, smooth tops and bake for 20/25 mins.
9 When cooked test with skewer before removing from oven, if skewer is dry, remove from oven'
Transfer to wire rack, when cooled straighten bottom tier by slicing top off bottom tier.
Topping & Filling
10 Beat the butter and cream cheese until combined, use an electric mixer, add vanilla extract and sift in half the the icing sugar, beat until combined, add the rest of the icing sugar and beat until well combined, spread half the cream on one cake and combine both halves together, you can then spread the rest over the top, or as I did top and sides.
Notes
Use cream cheese as I did or butter-cream, suit to your taste. You can use any nuts, Walnuts etc..
Comments
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posted 1 decade ago
well it just look yum will have to try this one
posted 1 decade ago
Enjoy and use smaller tins for less people.