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Easy Coffee Cake with Cappuccino Frosting Recipe

Easy Coffee Cake with Cappuccino Frosting Recipe
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A delicious and easy gluten free coffee cake infused with instant coffee and topped with a fluffy cappuccino whipped cream frosting. This cake features a moist crumb enriched with ground walnuts and a hint of vanilla, making it the perfect indulgent treat for coffee lovers. Finished with smooth cappuccino frosting and decorated with chocolate shavings, it’s a stunning dessert suitable for special occasions or everyday enjoyment.

Ingredients

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For the Coffee Cake:

  • 120 g (½ cup) whole milk
  • 15 g (3 ½ tbsp) instant coffee granules
  • 140 g (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 100 g (½ cup) light brown soft sugar
  • 75 g (¼ cup + 2 tbsp) caster/superfine or granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla bean paste (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
  • 3 UK medium/US large eggs, room temperature
  • 180 g (1 ½ cups) plain gluten free flour blend (without xanthan gum)
  • 60 g (½ cup + 1 ½ tbsp) ground walnuts
  • 2 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp xanthan gum (omit if flour blend contains xanthan gum)
  • ¼ tsp salt

For the Cappuccino Whipped Cream Frosting:

  • 300 g (1 ⅓ cups) double/heavy cream
  • 18 g (2 ½ tbsp) cappuccino powder (toffee or caramel flavor optional)
  • 2 g (1 ½ tsp) instant coffee granules
  • 120 g (1 cup) icing/powdered sugar (adjust sweetness to taste)
  • Chocolate shavings, to decorate

Instructions

  1. Preheat and Prepare: Adjust the oven rack to the middle and preheat to 350ºF (180ºC). Line an 8-inch (20 cm) round cake tin with baking paper.
  2. Dissolve Coffee in Milk: Heat the milk and instant coffee together, stirring occasionally until coffee dissolves completely. Let cool to warm or room temperature.
  3. Cream Butter and Sugars: Using a large balloon whisk or mixer, beat butter with brown sugar, caster sugar, and vanilla until pale and fluffy.
  4. Add Eggs: Add eggs one at a time, whisking well after each to maintain emulsion and smooth batter.
  5. Sift Dry Ingredients: In a separate bowl, sift gluten free flour, ground walnuts, baking powder, xanthan gum, and salt.
  6. Combine Ingredients Alternately: Alternately add dry ingredients in three parts and coffee milk in two parts to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients, whisking after each addition until smooth and fluffy.
  7. Transfer and Bake: Pour batter into prepared tin, smooth the top, and bake for 38-40 minutes or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean. Cover with foil if browning too fast.
  8. Cool Cake: Let cake cool in tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
  9. Prepare Frosting Coffee Mixture: Heat 70 g of heavy cream with cappuccino powder and instant coffee until dissolved. Cool completely.
  10. Whip Cream and Sugar: Whisk remaining cream with icing sugar until soft peaks form using a whisk or electric mixer.
  11. Incorporate Coffee Mixture: Slowly add coffee-cream mixture to whipped cream, about one tablespoon at a time, whisking until smooth and fluffy with soft peaks.
  12. Assemble Cake: Spread cappuccino frosting evenly over cooled cake using an offset spatula or back of a spoon. Decorate with chocolate shavings.
  13. Serve and Store: Slice and serve. Store in a closed container in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Notes

  • Use room temperature eggs to ensure a smooth and fluffy batter.
  • If allergic to nuts, replace ground walnuts with gluten free flour but be aware the cake may dry faster.
  • You can adjust the sweetness of the frosting by varying the icing sugar amount between 90 g (less sweet) to 160 g (sweeter).
  • Cover the cake with foil during baking if it browns too quickly to prevent burning.
  • This recipe uses a gluten free flour blend without xanthan gum; omit xanthan gum if your blend already contains it.
  • The cappuccino powder flavor can be varied (e.g., toffee or caramel) but adjust sugar accordingly.

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