Coffee and walnut cake with mocha ganache

Serves:

Serves 8-12

Ingredients

• 200g unsalted butter
• 1 cup (160g) brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup strong espresso
• 2 tbsp milk
• 2/3 cup walnuts, chopped

For ganache:

• 200g dark chocolate
• 100ml cream
• 30ml espresso

Method

Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan-forced). Grease and line a loaf tin.

Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Add flour, baking powder, coffee and milk and beat until just combined. Stir through walnuts.

Pour into prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

To prepare ganache, melt chocolate with cream and espresso over low heat until smooth and glossy. Allow to cool. Pour over cake.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• Alternatively, you could replace the espresso in the cake with 2 tsp instant coffee dissolved in 1/2 cup boiling water. For the ganache, just add a teaspoon of instant coffee to the cream.
• You could also omit the ganache and serve the cake retro-style, sliced and buttered.
• Recipe by Greer Worsley, who blogs at Typically Red.