Mocha Almond Cake

Mocha Almond Cake

 

Ingredients

• Butter 4 ounces
• Eggs 2 separated
• Caster sugar 1 cup
• Flour 1 cup sieved
• Almonds ground ½ cup
• Sour cream ½ cup
• Warm water ¼ cup
• Baking powder 1 tsp heaped
• Vanilla essence 1 tsp
• Coffee 1 tsp
• Flaked almonds roasted for decoration 2 tbsp
• Cocoa powder 2 tbsp

Ingredients for icing

• Icing sugar 1 ½ cup
• Coco powder 1 tbsp
• Butter 2 ½ ounce
• Coffee 1 tsp
• Boiling water 1 to 2 tbsp as required

Method

• Greased an 8 inch ring pan well, dissolve 1 tsp coffee in water and blend with 1 tbsp sifted coco powder. Beat 4 ounces butter, 1 cup caster sugar and 1 tsp vanilla essence till light and fluffy add in 1 egg yolk at a time and beat. Also add in ½ cup sour cream and ½ cup ground almonds. Sift together 1 cup flour and 1 tsp baking powder and add to the butter and sugar mixture also mix in the coffee and coco mixture beat egg white stiff fold into mixture, spread into prepared pan, bake on 180 degree for 40 minutes, remove, cool completely, spread with icing and sprinkle with 2 tbsp toasted almonds.

Method for icing

• In a bowl mix 1 ½ cup icing sugar, 1 tbsp coco powder, 2 ½ ounces butter. Mix together 1 tsp instant coffee, 2 tbsp cocoa powder in ¼ cups boiling water and add to the butter mixture. Beat till smooth.