Easy Coffee Cake Recipe (2024)

Coffee cake recipe! This is another classic easy UK cake from me to you. If you love coffee and walnut then you are welcome to this super fluffy and spongy homemade easy coffee cake you will love.

It is delicious and the coffee buttercream is creamy and utterly delicious. This cake is so simple to make, you can also get your little helpers involved. Let me show you how to make the best in easy steps.

Easy coffee cake recipe

If you have been a fan of any cooking or baking show then you would understand when I say baking sponge cakes for me is now like a walk in the park.

That being said, I am yet to nail Mary Berry's gingerbread cake, blame it more on the lack of treacle. That is next on my baking list after today's coffee cake. I need to settle my score with that cake as soon as possible.

It was half term holiday in lockdown here in the UK and I got the kids baking along with me.

Coffee cake is perfect for good coffee mornings, afternoon tea or on a special occasion, the flavours are insane and delicious. Not a fan of caffeinated coffee, feel free to swap with decaffeinated coffee or just bake yourself this orange cake instead.

I know I should be selling this recipe to you but I understand coffee is not everyone’s cup of tea.

This is the cake recipe you need when you want to impress like you are great baker but really you are just adding dissolved strong coffee granules into a sponge cake.. psst I didn't tell you that secret,

Related post: If you are a coffee lover then you would love my iced coffee recipe and chocolate cake recipe.

My other secret is that I have a superpower for making the best vanilla sponge cake. Ok, it's no longer a secret as many of my lovely readers now have the amazing recipe.

I am so proud about everyone that has tried my cake recipes, you all make me feel like a pro baker. Thanks for doing me proud.

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What is the difference between British coffee cake and American coffee cake

American coffee cake is baked on a single layer and toped with a crumbles before baking while British version is sandwiched with coffee buttercream (layered) and the sponge cake is flavoured with coffee.

Ingredients for this easy coffee cake

Self-raising flour

Instant coffee granules

Caster sugar

Light brown sugar

Eggs

Unsalted butter

Baking powder

Coffee icing ingredients

Butter

Icing sugar / powdered sugar

Dissolved coffee

Milk

How to make coffee cake

Topping

Chopped walnut

Tools needed

Cake tins: I used 2 x 7inch pans and they are about 3 inch deep

Parchment paper or cake liner

Cake tester

How to make easy coffee cake

Preheat the oven at 180C/375F or 160C/320F (fan oven). Prepare the baking cake pans and line the base with a parchment paper

Add 1 tablespoon of coffee granules to a small bowl and dissolve with hot boiling water then set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugar and beat with a hand mixer or stand mixer until light and fluffy for about 3 to 5 minutes

Break the eggs and it to the fluffy butter and sugar mix and beat until combined.

Add sifted flour, baking powder and mix on low speed until combined. Lastly, fold in the dissolved coffee and mix to combine.

Divide the cake batter equally in the prepared cake tin and bake in the oven (middle shelf) for 20 minutes or until the cake tester/ skewer inserted comes out clean.

Take the cake out of the oven, leave the cake in the tine for about 5 minutes then tun it unto a cooling rack to cool completely

How to make coffee buttercream

Add the butter to a mixing bowl. (Make sure the bowl is dry and moist free) beat until light an fluffy about 5 minutes

Add the powdered sugar, a little at a time to the whipped butter (to avoid the icing sugar going everywhere) and beat until combined. Lastly add the coffee mixture and milk and continue to mix until the buttercream becomes fluffy, pliable, and smooth.

Assemble the cake

Divide the buttercream into 2, sandwich a half with the cake and add the remaining on top of the cake, it doesn’t have to be perfect and add some crushed walnut to decorate it.

Tips

• You can also use 2 x 8inch sandwich tin although it won’t have the same height as a 7 inch cake but you would still be getting the same amount of cake in the end.
• Make sure all the ingredients are in room temperature, it is important that the coffee you will be adding to buttercream be in a room temperature, otherwise, it would melt the butter.
• To make coffee and walnut cake, add ⅓ cup of chopped walnut to the cake before baking.
• Male sure the coffee mixture is completely dissolved before adding it to the cake batter that way, you don’t come across coffee granules in the cake.

How to store

This beautiful easy coffee cake, stores in the refrigerator wrapped in a cling film for up to 5 days. Honestly, I am not a fan of leaving a cake on a countertop for storage, I just think it is better in the fridge.

Bring the cake out of the fridge some few minutes before eating it so it comes to room temperature

This cake can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months in a clingfilm in an airtight container

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