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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Cakes => Topic started by: snappy on February 25, 2012, 09:10:17 am

Title: Coffee and walnut cake
Post by: snappy on February 25, 2012, 09:10:17 am: Ingredients
50g walnuts (roughly chopped)
3 tbs instant coffee (dissolved in hot water) or about 20ml of espresso
125g butter
200g brown sugar ( I used palm sugar)
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
250g plain flour
11/2 tsp baking powder

Icing:
200g icing sugar
2 tbls Golden Syrup
3 tbls espresso or instant coffee
25g butter chopped

Method:
Preheat oven to 180C and grease a ring or bundt tin.

Add coffee, butter and sugar to the TMX bowl and melt 70C / speed 1 / 4 mins until butter is melted.

Add buttermilk, eggs, flour and baking powder and mix speed 5 / 10 secs. Scrape down sides and make sure it is all incorporated but don't over mix.

Pour half the batter into the tin. Sprinkle the walnuts over the batter and then top with the remaining cake batter.

Bake for approximately 35 mins.

To make icing, add icing sugar, coffee, golden syrup and butter to the bowl and mix sped 5 / 10 secs. Spread over cake and top with extra walnuts.

This is a delicious and light cake, the coffee taste is very mild. Perfect for a morning tea!

Inspired, simplified and converted from Australian Good Taste Magazine(http://img.tapatalk.com/7cab24b4-a55b-1a6e.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/7cab24b4-a56c-5842.jpg)

members' comments

Obbie - Made this, yum. Great cake, thankyou.

dede - Just made this as well. I don't like coffee but DH is eyeing it off. Got to ice it shortly. Nice and easy one to make.

maddy - Completely yummy thanks snappy. I increased the espresso shot to 30 ml for the cake and reduced the espresso in the icing to 20 ml.

CC - Made this and it was very successful. Thanks Snappy for sharing the recipe with us.
Title: Re: Coffee and walnut cake
Post by: Aussie Brenda on February 25, 2012, 09:13:56 am: Looks good enough to eat, Its to hot here to put the oven on. Just made some coffee /chocolate custard, waiting for it to go cold, thinking I might put it in the ice-cream maker.
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Post by: judydawn on February 25, 2012, 09:58:44 am: Nice one snappy.
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Post by: Cornish Cream on February 25, 2012, 01:22:33 pm: I adore Coffee and Walnut Cake,thanks Snappy for the super recipe :-*
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Post by: Ceejay on February 25, 2012, 01:39:44 pm: Now here's one I think I *need* to try!
Thanks Snappy! ;D
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Post by: dede on February 25, 2012, 07:10:09 pm: Even though I don't like coffee this sounds great. I think I will make it for my DH.
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Post by: Moo2 on February 25, 2012, 08:10:09 pm: Thanks Snappy. This sounds and looks really yummy.
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Post by: snappy on February 26, 2012, 09:51:06 am: Quote from: dede on February 25, 2012, 07:10:09 pm
Even though I don't like coffee this sounds great. I think I will make it for my DH.

It's actually a very mild coffee flavor dede. I would say the coffee flavor in the icing is actually stronger than the cake.

I took some cake to morning tea with friends this morning and it was devoured pretty quickly. I would say this will be a regular along with the golden syrup cake!
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Post by: cookie1 on February 26, 2012, 10:50:36 am: I looks delicious. Coffee and walnuts are yum together.
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Post by: Frozzie on February 26, 2012, 11:12:09 am: Sounds delsh 😊
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Post by: dede on February 26, 2012, 11:15:41 am: Great to know Snappy, I might even try some myself then (maybe without the icing) but I'm sure that my DH and others will love it.
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on February 26, 2012, 02:11:16 pm: snappy, what do you mean by "3 tbs instant coffee (made up)" ?

do you mean 3 tablespoons of instant coffee (dry coffee no water added)?
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Post by: Slice of Health on February 26, 2012, 10:46:21 pm: Yes I had the same question... but I thought maybe by 'made up' Snappy meant to dissolve it in some (qty?) hot water first? ???
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Post by: snappy on February 27, 2012, 07:28:35 am: Sorry I should have been a little clearer, I mean that it should be dissolved in a little hot water first.
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Post by: dede on February 27, 2012, 09:35:14 am: Brought some walnuts today. Will be making this hopefully this week or Sunday.
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Post by: Halex on February 27, 2012, 11:21:47 am: I would love to make this, but i know who would eat it, me, maybe dh a little bit but not ds & his friends, so it would be a lot f extra kilos >:(

H >:(
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Post by: obbie on March 04, 2012, 04:55:04 am: ;D Yum

Robyn
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Post by: dede on March 04, 2012, 08:15:50 pm: Didn't get to make this on the weekend as DD made a chocolate cake and a banana cake so will wait till next weekend. Printed and ready to go.
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Post by: obbie on March 11, 2012, 04:17:39 am: Made this today, and yum.
Great cake, thankyou.

Robyn
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Post by: dede on March 11, 2012, 04:34:05 am: Just made this as well today. I don't like coffee but DH is eyeing it off. Got to ice it shortly. Nice and easy one to make.
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Post by: maddy on March 11, 2012, 08:09:51 am: Ditto.

(http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt266/nachothecat/ff22ed42.jpg)

(http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt266/nachothecat/0232191b.jpg)

Completely yummy thanks snappy :)

I increased the espresso shot to 30ml for the cake, and reduced the espresso in the icing to 20ml.
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Post by: dede on March 11, 2012, 08:20:06 am: Mine Dosnt look that good Maddy :(. But I am sure it will taste as good (if I liked coffee) ;D
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Post by: Cornish Cream on March 11, 2012, 08:24:46 am: OMG Maddy that looks good.A slice of that would go down a treat here as I love Coffee and Walnut Cake. ;D
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Post by: snappy on March 11, 2012, 11:27:58 am: Maddy that cake looks fantastic! So glad you liked it.

Dede did you try some of yours?
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Post by: JulieO on March 11, 2012, 01:05:12 pm: Looks wonderful Maddy. :D
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Post by: dede on March 11, 2012, 10:08:15 pm: No I have not yet Snappy. I mostly don't eat what I make (cause I know how bad of a cook I am) lol no only joking ;D
I usually leave it for the DH and kids for school/work, but I might just have to have a tiny little piece.
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Post by: cookie1 on March 12, 2012, 05:04:00 am: Wonderful will power.
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Post by: dede on March 12, 2012, 05:13:23 am: Don't think it's will power cookie. Think it's more like I spend so many hours cooking and want it to last as long as possible before I have to cook more. (usually dosnt last very long though in this house)
I guess at least it must taste good if it dosnt last long :)
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Post by: Cornish Cream on March 30, 2012, 08:51:28 pm: Made this and it was very successful.Thanks Snappy for sharing the recipe with us. :)
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Post by: snappy on March 31, 2012, 10:05:06 am: I'm glad it worked well for you Cornish Cream! I'm going to make this cake again this week to take into work for an Easter morning tea