Coffee Cake with Coffee Buttercream Icing

One thing I always check while going through a new blog or cooking site is the baked goodies/cakes section.I jot down recipes which sound appealing to me[almost 90% of them do;)].My recipe book is over flowing with recipes now,mainly baked goodies since I never know when baking bug would hit me and I’ll have to rush to the kitchen,and not let the thought of logging on to the net and searching for the recipe deter my spirits.

I had bookmarked and written down Deeba’s Coffee Mocha Gateau long back and every time I set out to make it,I develop cold feet[yeah,that happens when you decide to attempt Deeba-the Passionate Baker’s recipes].I felt I wasn’t yet ready for it,but I badly wanted to try out a Coffee flavored cake.I remembered my Vanni’s[co-sis] recipe which she had given to me long back while I was trying out Microwave recipes.I tried it out with a few changes.This one is in fact a MW cake recipe,but here,I have baked it in the convection mode.

A wonderful cake with a subtle coffee flavor,it was liked by all.Perfect for that coffee craving and I’m sure it would taste great with a cup of piping hot coffee.It can be made without icing too.So what are you waiting for..??:)

Coffee Cake with Coffee Buttercream Icing

Ingredients

Flour/Maida – 1 cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Brown sugar – ¾ cup[I used regular white sugar]
Butter,softened – ¾ cup
Instant Coffee powder – 3 tbsp [I used little less than 2 tbsp-increase/decrease according to your taste]
Boiling water – 1 tbsp
Eggs - 2
Vanilla essence – 2 tsp
Milk – ¼ cup

Method

Preheat oven to 180*C.
Grease and line an 8’ round cake tin.
Sift together maida and baking powder twice and keep aside.
Mix together coffee powder and boiling water.
Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
Add the eggs one by one,beating well all the while.
Add vanilla essence and beat well.
Alternately add the flour and milk to the mix,beginning and ending with flour.
Pour into the greased cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack.

Microwave instructions - MW on 80% for 8 minutes.

Coffee Buttercream Icing

Softened butter – ½ cup
Icing sugar – 2 cups
Instant coffee powder – 1 tbsp
Boiling water – 1 tbsp

Cream together butter and icing sugar till soft and creamy.
Mix together coffee powder and boiling water.
Add it to the butter-sugar mix and beat well.
Keep aside in the refrigerator or a few minutes.
Spread on the cool cake and serve!!

I sprinkled some grated chocolate on top--for me,a cake without chocolate is kind of incomplete..so..:)

Sending this across to Birthday-baby Ria,who is celebrating Cakes,Cookies and Cocktails in her blog:).

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