So after making coffee muffins that tasted good, I decided to branch out with a coffee cake. I think I put the mocha frosting on too early, but it tasted just perfect.

Coffee Cake with Mocha Frosting

Coffee Cake with Mocha Frosting


Makes enough for 2 9″ layers

Coffee Cake

  • 75g of coconut oil (100g of butter)
  • 140 grams sugar (I used castor sugar)
  • 2 Eggs (Separated)
  • 280 grams of Cake Flour, Sifted (or 210 grams of plain flour and 4 tablespoons of cornflour)
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 50ml Cold Strong Coffee

METHOD

  1. Cream the coconut oil or butter.
  2. Add the Sugar to the butter mixture, gradually and mix completely.
  3. Add the egg yolks and beat well.
  4. Sift the Cake Flour, Baking Powder and Cinnamon together.
  5. In small amounts, add the sifted dry ingredients, alternately with the Coffee, to the Butter/Sugar mixture.
  6. Stir well between each addition.
  7. Beat the Egg whites stiffly and add to the mixture, combining completely.
  8. Pour the mixture into two greased layer cake pans and bake in a moderate oven (180C) for 25 to 30 minutes.
  9. Leave the layers to cool – if you don’t leave them to cool the butter icing will melt off – you can eat it sooner, but is lightly messier 🙂
  10. Assemble the layers and spread with Mocha Frosting, recipe below.

Mocha Frosting

  • 50 grams of butter (I decided not to sub in coconut oil here, as it doesn’t tend to mix too well without some heat and I didn’t want it to be too noticeable).
  • 180 grams of icing sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Cocoa
  • 2 Tablespoons Strong Hot Coffee
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

METHOD

  1. Cream the Butter until it is soft. I smooshed it with a spoon till it was softened, because mine came straight from the fridge.
  2. Add sugar gradually, beating well between adding more.
  3. Mix the Cocoa and hot coffee together. Add the remaining ingredients with the sugar and butter mix.
  4. Continue to beat the mixture and add Sugar until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Once the cake has cooled, layering them using the frosting mixture to sandwich them together
A slice of coffee cake

A slice of coffee cake