Recipe idea when making coffee cake

[robert@fm]

When I made coffee cake, I found that all recipes invariably said to use instant coffee dissolved in a little hot water.

However, I for one wouldn't otherwise touch instant coffee with a ten-foot pole, and as I didn't want the expense of buying instant just to use in a cake, I instead tried the experiment of using real coffee, ground flour-fine and mixed in with the other ingredients.

It works beautifully! 🙂 About 4 to 8 scoops of any good-quality coffee to an average sized cake, depending on how strong you want the flavour to be.

 

[Vicsetter]

I use the Espresso - 2 pods from my Dolce Gusto.
You can also add it to Elmlea long life cream and whisk it to full peak consistency for a cake filling to replace the normal buttercream.

 

[KookyCat]

Clearly we all need to come to you two for afternoon tea, both a bit far, but a good coffee cake is hard to come by 🙂

 

[bill hopkinson]

When I made coffee cake, I found that all recipes invariably said to use instant coffee dissolved in a little hot water.

However, I for one wouldn't otherwise touch instant coffee with a ten-foot pole, and as I didn't want the expense of buying instant just to use in a cake, I instead tried the experiment of using real coffee, ground flour-fine and mixed in with the other ingredients.

It works beautifully! 🙂 About 4 to 8 scoops of any good-quality coffee to an average sized cake, depending on how strong you want the flavour to be.

That is strong coffee cake!

I use 25% Rye flour 75% wheat plus baking powder, and dark sugar when making coffee cake as it enhances the flavour.