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Choc Coffee Cake with Walnuts

Rave reviews all round! Graham feels this is the most outstanding variation on our Chocolate Cake to date. Walnuts lend great flavour and texture to the cake. The icing is to die for!
Choc Coffee Cake with Walnuts
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You Will Need:

Cake
  • 3 extra large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 cup (250 ml) canola oil
  • 3 T (45 ml) good quality coffee granules
  • 1¼ cups (310 ml) boiling water
  • 1 x 650 g Ina Paarman’s Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 100 g walnuts, reserve 8 - 10 halves for garnish and roughly chop the rest
Coffee Icing
  • 2 t (10 ml) good quality coffee granules
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) hot water
  • ½ cup (125 g) butter, at room temperature
  • 1 x 250 g Ina Paarman’s Vanilla Icing Kit

Method:

Cake

Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 180 °C. Butter two 20 cm cake pans and line the bases with baking paper.

Dissolve the coffee granules in the boiling water.

Mix according to package instructions using the strong coffee made with coffee granules and boiling water. Add chopped walnuts together with the dry ingredients.

Divide mixture between two pans.

Bake for 35 - 40 minutes. Leave the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes.

Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave until cold.

Coffee Icing

Dissolve the coffee granules in the warm water and allow to cool.

Cream the butter and add the Icing Mix and beat together while slowly adding the luke warm coffee.

Divide the coffee icing into thirds.

Sandwich the cakes together with one third of the icing. Use another third to ice the sides of the cake to give the ‘naked’ look.

Ice the top of the cake and decorate with reserved walnuts as illustrated.

Choc Coffee Cake with Walnuts

Rave reviews all round! Graham feels this is the most outstanding variation on our Chocolate Cake to date. Walnuts lend great flavour and texture to the cake. The icing is to die for!
Choc Coffee Cake with Walnuts

You Will Need:

Cake
  • 3 extra large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 cup (250 ml) canola oil
  • 3 T (45 ml) good quality coffee granules
  • 1¼ cups (310 ml) boiling water
  • 1 x 650 g Ina Paarman’s Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 100 g walnuts, reserve 8 - 10 halves for garnish and roughly chop the rest
Coffee Icing
  • 2 t (10 ml) good quality coffee granules
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) hot water
  • ½ cup (125 g) butter, at room temperature
  • 1 x 250 g Ina Paarman’s Vanilla Icing Kit

Method:

Cake

Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 180 °C. Butter two 20 cm cake pans and line the bases with baking paper.

Dissolve the coffee granules in the boiling water.

Mix according to package instructions using the strong coffee made with coffee granules and boiling water. Add chopped walnuts together with the dry ingredients.

Divide mixture between two pans.

Bake for 35 - 40 minutes. Leave the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes.

Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave until cold.

Coffee Icing

Dissolve the coffee granules in the warm water and allow to cool.

Cream the butter and add the Icing Mix and beat together while slowly adding the luke warm coffee.

Divide the coffee icing into thirds.

Sandwich the cakes together with one third of the icing. Use another third to ice the sides of the cake to give the ‘naked’ look.

Ice the top of the cake and decorate with reserved walnuts as illustrated.

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