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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> English

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. FOR THE MERINGUE TOPPING:. | 2. Make the meringue: whisk the egg whites until stiff, add half the sugar, whisk again until stiff, then repeat with the remaining sugar. | 3. Mix the coffee with 3 tbsp boiling water to dissolve the granules. | 4. Gently fold the walnuts and 1 tsp of the coffee into the meringue. | 5. Set aside while you make the cake mixture. | 6. MAKE THE CAKE:. | 7. Heat oven to (180C/160C fan/gas 4) 356ºF. | 8. Grease 2 x 8" loose-bottomed cake pans and line the bases with baking parchment. | 9. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then gradually whisk in the eggs. | 10. Fold in the flour and baking powder, then finally fold in 2 tsp of the coffee liquid. | 11. Divide the mixture between the 2 pans, putting a little more mixture in one than the other. | 12. Spread the meringue on top of the pan containing less cake mix. | 13. Bake the untopped sponge for about 20 mins until an inserted skewer comes out clean. | 14. Continue baking the meringue-topped sponge for an additional 20 mins, then carefully remove both cakes from their pans and leave to cool on a wire rack. | 15. TO MAKE THE FILLING:. | 16. Beat the butter and icing sugar together, adding 2 tsp more coffee. | 17. TO MAKE THE ICING:. | 18. Mix a final tsp of the coffee into the icing sugar. | 19. Add a drop more water to make a runny icing. | 20. Sandwich the 2 cakes together with the coffee filling, putting the meringue topped sponge on top. | 21. Drizzle all over with the coffee icing to finish. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	6 1/8	ounces	softened	299.25	13.7498	9.3502	25.2
caster sugar	6 1/8	1/8		-	-	-	-
egg	3			188.76	0.9504	16.5792	12.5532
self rising flour	6 1/8	1/8		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
egg white	2			34.32	0.4818	7.194	0.1122
caster sugar	3 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
coffee granule	3	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
walnut	7/8	ounce	chopped	219.2833	0.0	0.0	24.8058
butter	3 1/2	1/2	softened	299.25	13.7498	9.3502	25.2
icing sugar	1 3/4	3/4	sifted	-	-	-	-
icing sugar	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.