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Vanilla and Coffee Marble Cake



This vanilla and coffee marble cake is the perfect sweet treat for coffee lovers like myself. Even if you aren’t a fan of coffee, the vanilla helps to create a classic flavour palate that is sure to be a crowd pleaser. I especially love to serve this as dessert as it works perfectly with your after dinner coffee or tea.




Ingredients:

For the cake:

·      200g caster sugar
·      200g butter
·      200g self-raising flour
·      3 eggs
·      2 tsps baking powder
·      3 tbsps milk
·      1 tsp vanilla extract
·      2 tbsp instant coffee (you can add more if you like it stronger)

For the icing: 

·     100g butter
·     200g icing sugar
·     2 tbsps milk
·     1 tbsps instant coffee

Method: 

1)   Begin by preheating the oven to gas mark 4 and greasing and lining your baking tin
2)   Cream the butter and sugar together in your mixing bowl
3)   In a separate bowl sift the flour and mix in the baking powder
4)   Add the eggs to the butter and sugar and whisk together, then gradually add in your flour mixture. Add in the vanilla extract and mix well.




5)   In a jug or cup, mix the milk with the coffee until it is well combined
6)   Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin, leaving behind 4 tbsps of the cake mix
7)   Pour the coffee mix into the remaining cake mixture and mix until well combined
8)   Dot the coffee cake mixture on top of the rest of the cake mix. Using a fork create a marble effect.
9)   Bake the cake for 30 minutes, check with a toothpick or skewer to ensure that the        
cake has baked through. 
10) Allow the cake to cool for an additional half an hour. 
11) In the meantime whisk together the butter, icing sugar, milk and instant coffee to
 create your icing

12) Once cooled, ice your cake and serve alongside your favourite hot drink. Enjoy!

Comments

  1. Let's Curry 2 June 2020 at 16:44

    I love coffee and I love vanilla. You brought the best of both in this recipe.

    ReplyDelete

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