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Louise Read's Coffee crunch cake
Photo: David Holifield

Louise Read's Coffee crunch cake

12 ingredients 40 min + 40 min Serves 8 openrecipes
Louise Read's Coffee crunch cake

This recipe pairs a nutty meringue with coffee-flavoured Victoria sponge. No wonder it made it into the top three in our 20th birthday cake competition

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

710
Calories
20g
Protein
21g
Fat
109g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Coffee not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 175g softened butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 175g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 egg whites
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 3 tsp instant coffee granules
  • 25g chopped walnuts
  • 100g softened butter
  • 50g icing sugar , sifted
  • 3 tbsp icing sugar

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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