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Oiii~! I'm Aisha 19yrs old..you can call me WashWash! Passionate and 100% loyal to food! My favorites baked goodies are bread! I ADORE BREADS! *___* and classic desserts! I'm not into cupcakes and LooksGoodTasteBad cakes!

Hiii..my name is shamma I'm 16 years old and I like baking ,photographing ,decorating and cooking meals..my favorite part of the day is cooking lunch .. remember the more u practice the better u get!

Thursday, July 28, 2011
Almond Mocha Cake


Oii~ WashWash here~!
I get captivated by "The Australian Women's Weekly" cookbooks, they are so simple and nice~! I have some of my mom's old Women's Weekly books, I decided to try a recipe from Cakes & Slices. What can I say? Again it's so simple and..Antic-ish? I went through the book and liked the "Mocha Almond cake". I adore the taste of coffee with nuts! plus the light mocha icing on to of it...Satisfying~!!! The reviews of my family were good, I got "thumps up" and the kids ate it too!


Adapted from "Women's Weekly Cakes & Slices"
Preparation time: about 15 minutes.
Baking time: 40 minutes in moderate oven.
Keeping time: 2 days.

Mocha Almond Cake
Ingredients:
  • 1 Tbls dry instant coffee.
  • 1/2 cup boiling water.
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder.
  • 90g butter.
  • 2 Tsp Vanilla essence.
  • 1 cup castor sugar.
  • 2 eggs, separated.
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup ground almonds.
  • 1 cup self-raising flour
  • 1 Tbls toasted flaked almonds.
Mocha Icing
  • 1 1/2 cup icing sugar.
  • 1Tbls cocoa powder.
  • 60g butter.
  • 2 Tsp dry instant coffee.
  • 1 1/2 Tbls boiling water.

Directions:
  1. Grease a20cm ring pan, line base with paper,grease paper.
  2. Dissolve coffee in water, blend with sifted cocoa.
  3. Cream butter, essence and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy,beat i egg yolks and sour cream.
  4. Transfer to a large bowl, stir in ground almonds, then the sifted flour and cocoa mixture.
  5. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks, fold into the other mixture.
  6. Spread into prepared pan and bake in a moderate oven for 4o minutes.
For the icing:
  1. Combine sifted icing sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl with butter, stir in combine coffee and water.
  2. When the cake is completely cooled, spread the icing and sprinkle with some flaked almonds!