Little coffee cakes

These coffee cakes are a true High Tea-treat – both pretty and tasty!

Makes 6 tall cakes | Takes 1 hr

Ingredients

60ml (¼ cup) instant coffee granules

30ml (2T) water

310ml (1¼ cups) castor sugar

3ml (½ t) salt

280g butter, softened

6 large eggs

500ml (2 cups) self-raising flour

For the coffee icing

200g soft butter

250ml (1 cup) icing sugar

10ml (2t) instant coffee granules

15ml (1T) warm water

100g milk chocolate, melted

coffee beans, to decorate (optional)

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C. Line 6 x 410ml tins with baking paper.

Mix the coffee and water together. Beat the sugar, salt and butter until light and creamy. Add the eggs, singly, beating well after each addition. Mix in the flour and coffee. Spoon into the prepared tins and bake for about 35 minutes until a testing skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tins.

For the coffee icing, beat the butter until pale, then gradually beat in the icing sugar. Mix the coffee and water together, then add it to the butter mixture, with the chocolate.

Remove the cooled cakes from the tins by pulling on the baking paper collar, then spoon dollops of icing on top.

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