It’s Macmillan Coffee Morning Day! Let’s have cake! 🙂
Now, coffee cake is a bit of a confusing one! To me a coffee cake is a cake flavoured with coffee! 😀 Coffee in the cake and coffee in the icing equals coffee cake! However, I’ve realised that coffee cake to to others is any cake you have with coffee!? Well, I don’t get that?! Well, I thought I didn’t… but what is a tea cake?! 😛 Okay, I’m not going there! (note to self make a tea cake with tea)! 😛
Anyway, I’m not really a cake person! Crumble yes! Biscuits yes! Cheesecake yes! Banoffee pie yes! Cake no! Well, unless it is a coffee cake! Coffee cake has always been my go to cake! My favourite cake! The only cake I could be tempted by! So of course, it goes without saying that I would make a coffee cake for my coffee morning! 😛
This cake had a couple of trials and turned out fantastic! I’m waiting to see how many guests realise that it is vegan! The boys didn’t seem to notice! 😛 Yay! You can of course leave this cake plain and un-iced if sugary icing is not your thing or, fill it and top it with a coffee flavoured buttercream… and walnuts (or pecans) if you so wish!
Have a look at the recipe, then go make some cake! 🙂 If you’re going to a Macmillan event yourself, then I hope that you find something delicious and that loads of money is made for charity! 🙂
- 3 teaspoons instant coffee
- 60 ml boiling water
- 380 ml milk (we used oatly)
- 100 ml natural yogurt (we used soya)
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 100 g butter
- 300 g sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 480 g plain flour
- 6 teaspoons baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- pinch of salt
- For the Buttercream: 100g butter, 225g icing sugar, 2 teaspoons instant coffee in 2 teaspoons boiling water.
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Put the coffee in a small cup and add boiling water. Mix well to dissolve coffee and set aside.
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Mix the milk with the yogurt in a large bowl and add the apple cider vinegar. Mix well and set aside to start curdling.
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Cream the butter and the sugar, then add the vanilla. Whisk this into the yogurt mixture with the coffee.
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Sieve in the flour with the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Gently fold in until combined.
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Pour into a lined baking tin and bake at Gas Mark 4 (350f / 180c) for 45-50 minutes. Remove from the tin and allow to cool.
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If you are icing the cakes, allow them to cool completely. Mix the butter with the icing until you have a smooth buttercream, then mix the dissolved coffee in. Put half on both cakes, then sandwich together. Dust with cocoa, chocolate shavings or decorate with walnuts or pecans.
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Enjoy!
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I’m off to eat cake now! but before I go, I’m sharing this over at Angie’s Fiesta Friday co-hosted this week by Mollie @FrugalHausfrau Come on over and see what everyone is sharing, say hello, get new ideas (& volunteer to co-host!?)
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Have a fantastic weekend! 🙂
Speak soon
Laurena x