The Best Coffee Lover's Coffee Cake

Submitted by Charishma_Ramchandani

"This is the cake I've reserved all through 2002, just to welcome 2003! My guests are in for a treat and can you imagine, I've waited the whole year long to post this:) Try it! It lives up to its name, IMO."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 9inch cake

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules (heaped)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream, beaten
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 3⁄4 cup walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans, chopped

directions

1. Combine flour, coffee granules, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and brown sugar in a large sized bowl.
2. Mix well.
3. Keep aside.
4. In another bowl, beat an egg until light and frothy.
5. Add butter and mix well.
6. Add the dry ingredient mixture alternating with the sour cream.
7. Mix well.
8. Add nuts.
9. Mix.
10. Pour into a greased 9 inch cake tin.
11. Bake at 180C for 40 minutes or till a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
12. Allow to cool completely on wire racks.
13. Slice and serve for a wonderful breakfast dish to go with your morning or afternoon coffee.
14. Enjoy while you sing- Ring out the old, Ring in the new, Ring Happy Bells across the snow!
15. Ho!
16. Ho!
17. Ho!
18. Happy New Year!

Reviews

[najwa]

I am sorry to say this cake didn't work for me .. I made it exactly as stated and unfortunately it sunk, stuck to the greased pan, and was too sweet for us .. Maybe next time I will cream the sugar and butter first, add the egg then the flour/sour cream ..

 

[Kelly Yong]

Very moist and delicious. This will be my signature cake from now for all parties! I always like my coffee stronger so I added 3.5 coffeespoons of coffee and changed the directions to a typical butter cake method. I baked it in an 8inch pan as I wanted a taller cake and when it came out of the oven, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it as the mixture itself smelt heavenly!

 

[skunk galloway]

I unfortunately did not have white flour and used whole wheat...I think that may have been a mistake because I didn't compensate for the extra liquid that would be required when using whole wheat flour. The cake as not very moist. I iced it with cream cheese frosting. Overall, it did not please everyone - even when trying it the next day. Think I'll try again with regular flour and see how it goes.

 

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

Very nice coffeecake. Love the creamy, lightly sweet, coffee flavor. I think next time I might add one more tsp. of coffee. I only had an 8-inch square pan so I had to bake it for almost an hour. Even then the center fell some. The taste makes up for it though. Thanks for sharing it Charishma! — UPDATE, the cake seems to get sweeter the longer it sits. Next time, if I'm making it for the next day, I'll cut back on the sugar about 1/2 cup. Still yummy though!

 

[Leslie]

Yes, this was a delicious, moist cake that we all loved. I put a creamcheese icing on top and boy did it disappear fast! Thanks for sharing!