Turkish Coffee Cake
Coffee & walnut cake with a Turkish Coffee twist!
Posted by Cat Morley
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Bake a coffee and walnut cake infused with Turkish Coffee and topped with coffee buttercream and mastic covered nuts from Selamlique.
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You Will Need (19 things)
- 1 packet of Turkish Coffee
- 200 g Butter
- 200 g Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 3 Eggs
- 200 g Self-Raising Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Allspice
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For the cake:
- Handful of Walnuts , crushed
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For the buttercream:
- 150 g Butter
- 300 g Icing Sugar
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For the toppings:
- Walnuts
- Mastic Coated Nuts
- Gold Edible Dusting Powder
Steps (15 steps, 45 minutes)
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1
Preheat the oven to 180'c and butter two cake tins.
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2
Dissolve the coffee with 4 tbsp boiling water.
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3
Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt.
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4
Cream together the butter and sugar.
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5
Add the vanilla and 3 tbsp of the coffee.
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6
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, alternating with the flour.
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7
Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
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8
Mix in a handful of crushed walnuts.
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9
Divide between the two cake tins and bake at 180'C for 25 minutes until golden.
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10
To make the buttercream, whisk together the butter with the remaining Turkish Coffee.
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11
Add the icing sugar and whisk until smooth.
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12
Scrape the buttercream into a piping bag.
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13
Spread half of the buttercream on the top of a cake and then sandwich the second on top. Top the second with buttercream and cover the centre of the cake with walnuts.
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14
Decorate with mastic coated nuts around the edge of the cake and adding a few in the center.
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15
Dust with edible gold powder and serve with hot Turkish Coffee.