Coffee Sour Cream Cake
Sometimes a cup of coffee just won’t cut it – thank goodness for Coffee Sour Cream Cake! This is the perfect combination of cake and a strong coffee hit.
Ingredients
- 125g butter or margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp rich instant coffee granules
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 190g self raising flour
- 95g sour cream
Icing
- 2 tsp rich instant coffee granules
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 20g melted butter or margarine
Directions
- Preheat oven to 170°
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add 3 eggs one at a time, mixing well each time.
- In a small bowl, add the coffee granules and vanilla essence. Add the hot water and stir to dissolve.
- Pour into mixture. Mix well.
- Fold in flour and sour cream.
- Spoon into a 20cm lined and greased tin, smoothing the top.
- Bake at 170° for 40 mins .
- Cool on rack.
- To make the icing: Dissolve the coffee granules in hot water. Add icing sugar and melted butter. Mix until smooth.
- Spread over cooled cake and enjoy!