Cakes · Original adaptation
Coffee-Walnut Layer Cake Recipe
A manageable two-layer walnut sponge with coffee buttercream and crisp caramel walnut pieces, inspired by the opening technical.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 6, Episode 1
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Coffee-Walnut Layer Cake
- Prep
- 40 min
- Bake
- 25 min
- Total
- 1 hr 5 min
- Makes
- One 20 cm cake, serving 10
Ingredients
- 180 g unsalted butter, softened
- 180 g light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 160 g self-raising flour
- 80 g walnuts, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- 150 g icing sugar
- 75 g unsalted butter, softened, for the frosting
- 40 g caster sugar and 8 walnut halves, for the garnish
Method
Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan. Grease and line two 20 cm round pans.
Beat the butter and brown sugar until pale. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then fold in the flour, chopped walnuts, and half the espresso dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water.
Divide between the pans and bake for 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely on a rack.
Beat the frosting butter with the icing sugar and remaining dissolved espresso until smooth, then use half to sandwich the cakes and half on top.
Melt the caster sugar in a small pan to amber. Add the walnut halves, turn them onto baking paper to cool, then arrange them on the cake.
From the episode
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This adaptation starts from the episode's cakes brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
