Hazelnut coffee cake.

One of my favourite things to do on the weekend is cook and this little cake recipe is so quick and easy to whip up.

HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE RECIPE .  For J.H :)
Oven on 180c

You will need:
150g butter
150g caster sugar
3 eggs
75g hazelnut meal
150g S.R flour
50mls black coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract
And for coffee icing:
100g icing sugar (or there abouts)
25mls black coffee
splash of vanilla extract.
and chopped hazelnuts for the top if you wish.

1. Cream the butter and the sugar in your mixer, gradually add 1 egg at a time, waiting till each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next.

2. Add the hazelnut meal, coffee and vanilla to the creamed butter and eggs, mix for another minute.

3. Now in a separate bowl sift the flour three times, this may sound excessive but trust me it will make for a light and fluffy cake.

4. Gently fold in the flour to the butter mix and turn out into a ready greased pan.  I used a 23cm square pan, available from Pooki's of course  :)

5. Cook for 25-30mins. Once cooked and cooled you can mix up the icing sugar with the coffee and vanilla and drizzle over the top of your cake, I like to top mine with some chopped hazelnuts.