All-in-one Walnut Sponge with Coffee Cream, the best sponge of all, and should work even if you’ve never made a cake before in your life. Ingredients; 110g / 4oz self-raising flour, sifted 1 teaspoon baking powder 110g margarine (whipped vegetable fat), at room temperature 110g / 4oz golden caster sugar 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon instant espresso dissolved in 1 ½ tablespoons of boiling water 50g / 2oz finely chopped walnuts For the filling and topping; 250g / 9oz Mascarpone cheese 1 dessertspoon instant espresso powder 1 rounded dessertspoon golden caster sugar 8 walnut halves Pre-heat the oven to 170ºC, 325ºF, gas mark 3 Method; Take a very large mixing bowl, put the flour and baking powder in a sieve and sift it into the bowl, holding the sieve high to give it a good airing as it goes down. Now all you do is simply add all the other cake ingredients (except the walnuts and coffee) to the bowl and, provided the margarine is really soft, just go in with an electric hand whisk and whisk everything together until you have a smooth, well-combined mixture. This will take about 1 minute but, if you don’t have an electric hand whisk, you can use a wooden spoon and a little bit more effort. What you should end up with is a soft mixture that drops off the spoon easily when you give it a sharp tap. Then add the coffee mixture and the chopped walnuts and whisk them together. Divide the mixture between the prepared sandwich tins, spreading the mixture around evenly. Then give each <b>…</b>
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