Description
This Coffee Walnut Delight is a rich and aromatic dessert that perfectly balances bold coffee flavor with the nutty crunch of toasted walnuts. Moist, flavorful, and topped with a smooth coffee-infused frosting, it’s an elegant treat for coffee lovers.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Cake
- 225 g unsalted butter, room temp (1 cup)
- 180 g caster/granulated sugar (⅞ cup)
- 40 g light brown sugar, packed (3 tbsp)
- 4 large eggs, room temp
- 60 ml strong coffee concentrate (or 2–3 tsp instant espresso powder dissolved in 60 ml just-boiled water), cooled (¼ cup)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 260 g all-purpose flour (2 cups, spooned & leveled)
- 10 g baking powder (2 tsp)
- ¼ tsp baking soda (optional; use if your coffee is acidic)
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 120 ml milk, room temp (½ cup)
- 120 g walnuts, toasted & cooled (about 1 cup)
- 70 g very finely chopped (for tender crumb)
- 50 g coarsely chopped (for texture)
Optional Coffee Syrup (for brushing layers)
- 100 g sugar (½ cup)
- 120 ml just-boiled water (½ cup)
- 1–2 tsp instant espresso powder, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line an 8-inch round or square baking pan.
- Mix dry ingredients – Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Cream butter & sugar – Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, followed by vanilla.
- Add coffee & sour cream – Stir instant coffee into brewed coffee. Alternate adding dry ingredients and coffee mixture to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry. Fold in sour cream and chopped walnuts.
- Bake – Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 30–35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Make frosting – Beat butter until creamy. Add powdered sugar gradually, then mix in coffee and vanilla until smooth.
- Frost & garnish – Spread frosting over the cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
- Prep Time: PT20M
- Cook Time: PT30M
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg