Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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Neither of my grandmothers, nor indeed my mother, was a baker but this cake is nonetheless the cake of my childhood.

Keywords

  • Comfort
  • Indulgent
  • Sweet
  • Birthdays
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Ingredients

  • 50 grams walnut pieces
  • 225 grams caster sugar
  • 225 grams soft unsalted butter (plus some for greasing)
  • 200 grams plain flour
  • 4 teaspoons instant espresso powder
  • 2½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons milk
  • 350 grams icing sugar
  • 175 grams soft unsalted butter
  • 2½ teaspoons instant espresso powder (dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water)
  • approx. 10 walnut halves (to decorate)

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