Coffee Cake

Name: Coffee Cake
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350 g butter, softened; 340 g caster sugar; 6 eggs; 8 tablespoon cold black coffee; 340 g self raising flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 400 g icing sugar (for topping); 200 g butter (for topping); 4 tablespoon hot black coffee (for topping); 1 handful walnuts (to decorate)

⏱️ 30 min 👥 Serves 12 📅 22 February 2026

A classic coffee sponge made with cold black coffee in the batter, topped with a rich coffee butter icing and walnut decoration.

👩‍🍳 Method

1
Preheat oven to 150°C. Grease and line a tray or two cake tins.
2
Cream the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy.
3
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well between each addition.
4
Stir in the cold black coffee.
5
Sift in the self raising flour and baking powder. Fold into the mixture.
6
Pour into the prepared tin(s) and bake for 30 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
7
Make the coffee icing: beat the icing sugar and butter together, then add the hot black coffee and mix until smooth.
8
Spread the icing over the cooled cake and decorate with walnuts.