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Walnut Cake with Mocha Frosting

Ingredients

Cake

  • 115 g unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 c flour
  • 2 tsp BP
  • 3/4 c milk
  • 1 c walnut chop
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

Frosting

  • 115 g white choc chips
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream 35%
  • 115 g unsalted butter salted works yummily as well, to counter act the sweetness of bazillion icing sugar 🤣
  • 3 c icing sugar see, bazillion!
  • 1 1/2 tbsp instant coffee diluted in 2 tbsp hot boiling water

Instructions

  • Grease and flour 2 square pans or a large rectangular pan, set aside
  • In a bowl, mix flour and BP, set aside
  • Mix milk with vanilla essence, set aside
  • Chop walnut, set aside
  • Cream sugar and butter until fluffy, then beat in eggs, one at a time
  • Stir in a little of flour mixture
  • Pour in a little milk mixture
  • Repeat step alternating one another, flour, milk, flour, milk, flour
  • Stir in walnut
  • Dump batter onto prepared pans, bake on preheated 350F for 23-30 mins
  • Cool in pans
  • While cake is cooling, let’s make the cream!
  • In a bowl, mix chocolate chips with heavy cream, and warm to melt in microwave, for 30 secs at least
  • Cream icing sugar and butter, then cream in melted choc chips and coffee
  • Spread cream on cooled cake, slice and serve 😍

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