Cream 1/3 cup butter and 1 cup sugar until soft. Beat in 2 egg-yolks, add 3/4 cup strong cold coffee and 2 tablespoons cocoa dissolved in a little hot water. Stir well. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, then 2 cups S.R. flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves, 1/4 teaspoon mixed spice, and pinch of salt sifted well together. Mix well and fold in stiffly beaten egg-whites. Pour into two greased sandwich tins and bake 1/2 hour in moderate oven.
Filling: Cream 1&1/2 tablespoons butter with 2&1/2 cups icing sugar, add 2&1/2 tablespoons cocoa, 4 tablespoons strong hot coffee, and pinch salt. Stir until smooth and spread between layers and on sides and top of cake.
Source: contributed by Mrs. Ivan Steer (McLaren Vale) in The South Australian Country Women's Association Calendar of Cakes: A Cake a Day for 365 Days (Kent Town: S.A.C.WA.; 11th edition, 1973).
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete