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Easy espresso cake with mocha buttercream

Serves 8–10 | Preparation time: 15 minutes | Baking time: 25 minutes

What you’ll need:

Ingredients

For the cake

225g butter

225g castor sugar
4 large eggs
225g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt (if using unsalted butter)
2.5 tsp instant coffee granules, dissolved in 1 Tbsp hot water

For the mocha buttercream icing

150g soft butter
300g icing sugar
1–2 tsp instant coffee granules and 2 tsp cocoa dissolved in 3 Tbsp warm milk
10–12 toasted walnuts or pecan nuts to decorate (optional)

Tools

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