Coffee streusel cake
A very Happy New Year. I wanted to make a different sort of cake, so searched through my books till I found this recipe in an old book of world cookery belonging to my Mum. It's of German origin. Preheat oven 160C/gas3 Grease and line a 20cm square tin. 115g butter 115g caster sugar 2 eggs 175g sr flour 4 tbspn milk 1 tbspn instant coffee dissolved in a tbspn boiling water Streusel: 85g walnut pieces 1 level tspn coffee granules 115g soft brown sugar 2 tbspn plain flour 30g butter [melted] Beat the butter and sugar together till nice and creamy. Add the eggs and beat again. Fold in the flour, milk and coffee. Spread half of this mixture into the tin. Put the streusel ingredients into a blender [ except butter] and make into a fine powder. Add the butter and give it all a quick whizz. Sprinkle half of this on top of the cake mixture and top with the rest of the cake mixture, Then sprinkle the remaining streusel on top. Bake for about an hour in the middl...