So I was recently very kindly sent a jar of Flat Brew's Espresso Coffee Spread, its the first of its kind and incredibly tasty. Of course I had to incorporate it into one of my cakes, and so this is how my Vanilla & Coffee Cake came about. It was layers of vanilla sponge, filled with a layer of espresso spread and buttercream, and then decorated with a Brown Sugar Buttercream and a Coffee Drip. Super delicious and a perfect excuse to have cake for breakfast in order to get your daily coffee fix! ☕️
Go check out Flat Brew's new spread, if you have a Selfridges local, go buy a jar in store and if not order one on their website {www.flatbrew.com} and be sure to follow them on their social media pages! I can't wait to use the spread in another recipe, perhaps as a filling for some chocolate muffins.
Here's the recipe..!
Ingredients (serves 8):
For the cake:
225g Self-Raising Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
4 Eggs
225g Butter
225g Caster Sugar
3 drops Vanilla Extract
For the buttercream:
100g Brown sugar, light or dark
400g Icing Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
250g Butter
2 teaspoon of Milk
For the drip:
50g white chocolate
2tsp Flat Brew Coffee Spread
2tsp Oil
The Cake:
Preheat the oven to 150 degrees celsius
Line or Grease 2 x 8” cake tins or 3 x 6” cake tins, depending on whether you’d like a tall cake or wide cake.
Then sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
Add the rest of the ingredients and beat until thoroughly mixed.
Equally split the batter between the greased tins.
Bake for 30-45 minutes.
Leave to cool in the tins for about 5/10 minutes and then remove the cakes from the tins and leave them to cool for a further 30 minutes - this is to ensure the cake has completely cooled before the icing.
The Icing:
Beat the butter and brown sugar until paler in colour and light in texture.
Add vanilla and mix until it is combined.
Then add the icing sugar and mix.
Add a teaspoon of milk until the icing reaches the perfect consistency.
The Drip
Melt white chocolate for 1 minute in 30s intervals.
Add a tsp of Flat Brew Coffee Spread and a tsp of oil and stir until combined.
The Decorating
Top the cake with a layer of Flat Brew Coffee spread, a swirl of buttercream and repeat with the next layer.
Cover the cake with a coat of buttercream.
Using a piping bag, pipe drips around the top of the cake.
Pipe swirls onto the top of the cake using a 2D piping tip and sprinkle with grated chocolate.
For added decoration, sprinkle the chocolate around the edge of the cake.
