Spiced Coffee Sponge Cake with Coffee Butter Frosting
Ingredients:
4 tbs ground Bit O Java coffee
3/4 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup melted butter
Coffee Butter Frosting (recipe follows cake recipe)
Instructions:
Combine coffee and milk in a saucepan, bring to a boil. Steep over low heat for 10 minutes. Strain through several layers of cheesecloth into a measuring cup. There should be 1/2 cup flavored milk. Keep milk warm over low heat.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves. Reserve.
In a large bowl, beat eggs for about 2 minutes at high speed until thick. Slowly add sugar & beat for 4-5 minutes until very light.
With a mixer at low speed, slowly beat in flavored milk until just blended. Beat in vanilla. With mixer at low speed or by hand, fold in flour mixture just until blended. Do not over- beat.
Gently fold in melted butter.
Pour into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 20-25 minutes until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn out onto racks to cool completely. Frost with Coffee Butter Frosting.
Yield: 1 two-layer cake
Coffee Butter Frosting
Ingredients:
1/2 cup brewed hot coffee concentrate (1 cup ground coffee to 8 ounces cold water)
1/3 cup sugar
pinch of salt
3 egg yolks
1 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
Instructions:
Combine coffee, sugar, salt & egg yolks in bowl, beat by hand over simmering water until thickened. Beat by machine until cold. Beat in butter 1 tablespoon at a time, then beat in vanilla until thick enough to spread.
Enjoy!
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