Coffee Cake

Coffee Cake

This is another recipe which I have taken from my Mum's collection (Thanks Mum :o) ) I remember enjoying this cake when I was growing up but moaning about the addition of the walnuts, which she use to substitute for other toppings. 

This is the first time that I have used this recipe and I have made it for my Mum's birthday. I started to realize that this was a brave move as I didn't make any spare cake for testing and didn't want to cut into it to test it out. So I spent all evening convincing myself that I had made a mistake but as it turns out she loved it and it tasted quite good. It's an easy cake to make and can also be turned into scrummy cup cakes so why not give it a go.

Ingredients

8oz Self Raising flour 

 1 level tsp baking powder

6oz caster sugar

6oz margarine/butter

3 eggs

3 tbsp coffee 

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 190’c

• Make up some coffee with 1 tbsp of coffee and a little hot water then mix well. Put to one side and leave to cool

• Sift together the flour and baking powder into bowl

• Put all ingredients into the bowl including the rest of the coffee and mix well

• Poor into cake tins and bake for around 25 minutes (I found that around 20 was enough in my oven)

For the icing

• Add melted butter, A little coco and coffee to the icing sugar and mix with warm water until smooth. I used coffee which I mixed with a little warm water rather than straight coffee granules.

Pancakes

Happy Pancake Day! 

Here is a quick and easy pancake recipe which can be wiped together in no time. I find that the first couple are never as good as the rest but as the pan heats up and you grow in confidence they will get better and better.

Enjoy x.

Ingredients

200g Plain Flour

2 Eggs

600ml Milk

1 Tbsp Caster Sugar

Method

• Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl, add in the egg and whisk. Next gradually add small quantities of the milk whilst whisking.

• Heat oil in a hot flat pan and add the batter swirling the pan to ensure an even coverage. Once heated all the way through loosen at the edges with a spatula and flip.

• Serve with a topping of your choice.