Chopped walnut and coffee cake

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4Eggs
4ouncesIcing sugar
1tablespoonFine fresh bread crumbs
1tablespoonFinely ground fresh coffee
1tablespoonCocoa powder
6ouncesShelled walnuts, roughly
Chopped
For the icing:
4ouncesUnsalted butter, softened
4ouncesIcing sugar, sifted
1Egg yolk
1tablespoonInstant coffee
2tablespoonsBoiling water

Directions

Grease and line a cake tin 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches high.

Separate the yolks from the egg whites. Cream the yolks and sugar together until pale yellow and hanging like ribbons from the beater.

Add the bread crumbs, ground coffee, cocoa and walnuts and mix well together. Whisk the egg whites stiffly and carefully fold into the walnut mixture. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Cool in the tin, then turn out onto a rack.

To make the icing, cream the butter with the icing sugar and egg yolk.

Dissolve the instant coffee in the boiling water and mix well into the icing. Spread over the cake with a wet knife.

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