Naughty AND Nice

16/04/2013

Yum, that looks delicious. I’ve never been any good at cutting cakes in half. They always seem to fall apart on me. But I might have to give this one a go 😀

Thanks Rebeccah – stay tuned for a photo of how MY attempt at this cake worked out!
Tip for cutting cakes in half – let them cookl thoroughly first 🙂 x

Rebeccah – as promised! http://www.misswrite.co.uk/1/post/2013/04/naughty-and-nice-part-ii.html Not so great….!

Tempting! But it’s not allowed on the current diet…

Hey John – well, surely you can take the weekend off the diet?? 🙂 Thanks for the comment x

Hi John – here’s part 2! http://www.misswrite.co.uk/1/post/2013/04/naughty-and-nice-part-ii.html Oh dear….

Hello! I’m visiting via the Challenge! I was taking a look through your posts and got stuck on this one! Pretty sure I will be fixing this up tomorrow 😉 Thanks for sharing, take care.

Hi Michelle – thanks for your comment. Did you see the blog post which showed how the cake actually turned out? Oh dear….!!!
http://www.misswrite.co.uk/1/post/2013/04/naughty-and-nice-part-ii.html x

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** N is for NAUGHTY and NICE **

Combining my love for writing and cake in one post! Enjoy…

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This is one of my favourite cakes of all time – luxurious and impressive. Give it a go!

Mary Berry’s cappuccino coffee cake recipe

As discovered on The Telegraph website.

If you are worried about cutting the cakes in half, you can just sandwich the two together with half the icing in the middle and half the icing on top.

Serves 8

225g (8oz) very soft butter, plus more for the tins
225g (8oz) light muscovado sugar or caster sugar
225g (8oz) self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs
4 level tsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water

For the coffee icing

175g (6oz) soft butter
350g (12oz) icing sugar
4 level tsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/350F/315F fan/Gas 4. Butter and line the base of two deep 20cm (8in) sandwich cake tins.

Measure all the cake ingredients, except the coffee, into a large mixing bowl and beat together until smooth. Stir in the dissolved coffee until thoroughly blended. Divide the mixture evenly between the two prepared tins and level the tops.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 25–30 minutes until golden brown, shrinking away from the sides of the tin and the sponge springs back when lightly pressed.

To make the icing, mix the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl and beat together until smooth. Beat in the dissolved coffee and divide into four. When they are cold, slice each cake horizontally in half, giving four layers of cake. Sit one base on a cake stand and spread with a quarter of the mixture. Continue layering up with cake and icing so you finish with icing on top and swirl to give an attractive finish.

The cake can be made and iced up to two days ahead, kept covered in the fridge. Iced or un-iced, it freezes well.

Now I’m hungry. See you tomorrow!

Lou x

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