Sunday, January 23, 2011

Coffee Cake

This is one of my favourite cake. It is easy to bake and the aroma of the coffee just brings you to a totally different realm! I am a non-coffee drinker, but this coffee cake is simply too delicious to be missed. It has a rich butter flavour but the coffee aroma is of the right amount that is not too overpowering nor bland. You should try it. Good with a cup of tea in the afternoon....


195g softened butter
125g soft brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp coffee (I use 3 in 1 instant coffee powder)
155g self raising flour, sifted
100ml milk

Optional
To Make Coffee Topping: 125g icing sugar

Steps
Pre heat oven to 150deg C
Beat 185g of butter and brown sugar with electric beater till light and creamy
Add eggs a little at a time and mix well
Add in 4 tsp of coffee
Fold in flour and salt, alternating with milk into creamed mixture
Spoon evenly into trays and bake for 30min

Optional:

To make coffee topping, combine the remaining butter and coffee, with the icing sugar and 1 1.5 tbsp boiling water in a small bowl
Spread a little icing over until evenly covered

As you can see, I opted for sprinkling of cocoa powder and a little icing sugar instead :)



Adapted from Cakes & Slices

7 comments:

Lisa said...

That cake looks fantastic. It has such a gorgeous color to it, almost like a giant snickerdoodle cookie. I'm sure it tasted delicious. I have a new linky on my blog called "Sweets for a Saturday" and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link this up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/01/sweets-for-saturday-1_21.html

Anonymous said...

Hi, may i know when we add in the icing sugar, is that for sprinkling on top of the cake?


Sem

Missy said...

HIHI Sem

SORRY realised my entry is incomplete.thanks for pting it out. ive since amended it :)

Lisa: will take a look at ur blog! tks for sharing.

tracieMoo said...

arh.. sounds really good to me! finally there's coffee in coffee cakes! normally, coffee cake would be just plain butter cake with some funny crumble on top..

Missy said...

hahah those are con jobs!

this really blends the coffee in it.

grub said...

Missy, how have you been? i miss your blog posts and photos

have a happy Chinese new year !! best wishes for you and your family to enjoy a prosperous year of happiness, health and wealth! :)

Missy said...

hi grub.. tx for ur new yr wishes

here's wishing you a very happy and prosperous rabbit year too