Instant Coffee Cake with Coffee Sauce

[StevenF50]

Ingredients

Coffee cake:

100g caster sugar

100g butter

2 eggs, beaten

2 tbsp instant coffee dissolved in 2 tbsp of water

100g self raising flour

Syrup:

100ml water

1 tbsp coffee

4 tbsp sugar

Coffee sauce:

50g caster sugar

1 tbsp instant coffee

3 tbsp golden syrup

50ml water

125ml evaporated milk





Preparation method

1. Preheat oven to 180 C / gas 4. Grease a 9 in / 23cm cake tin.



2. Beat butter until light and fluffy with electric beater. Add sugar and beat for another minute. Gradually add the beaten eggs, coffee water, alternating with the self-raising flour and beating until the mixture is smooth and light. Tip into the prepared cake tin.



3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean.



4. Place all the syrup ingredients in a pan and heat until the sugar has dissolved.



5. Prick holes all over the cake and spoon the coffee syrup over the cake while still warm.



6. For the coffee sauce: mix all the ingredients and heat until the sugar dissolves. Serve cake warm drizzled with warm coffee sauce.

 

[Jazzy]

This sounds really yummy and thank you for posting the recipe for us!