Coffee Cake with Chocolate Glaze
This Coffee Cake with Chocolate Glaze is crumbly, with a layer of mixed nuts, sugar and cinnamon in the middle and a chocolate glaze on top.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 2 ounces butter
- 2 ounces granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 ounces self-rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 ounces sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the nut mixture.
- 2 ounces brown sugar
- 1 1/2 ounces mixed nuts ground
- 1/4 tablespoon cinnamon
Chocolate Glaze
- 5 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 teaspoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300°F. Spray a bundt pan with baking spray or grease with butter. When using butter, dust the pan with flour. (NOTE 1)
For the cake
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy and light.
- Add the egg and the vanilla extract and mix.
- Mix self-rising flour with salt. (NOTE 2)
- Add the flour and the sour cream alternately to the batter and mix just until combined after each addition.
- Fill the bundt pan with half of the cake batter.
- Mix the brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon and grind until fine.
- Divide the ground nuts over the first layer of batter and top off with the remaining batter.
- Place the bundt pan in the bottom half of the oven and bake for approx. 30 minutes.
- Cake is done when a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely. (NOTE 3)
For the chocolate glaze
- Mix all the ingredients until you have a uniform mixture.
- Drizzle this over the cake, once the cake is cool.
Notes
- Instead of dusting with flour, you can dust with cocoa powder or sugar.
- If you don't have self-rising flour you can use all-purpose flour or cake flour and add 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- Before you apply the glaze, make sure the cake is cooled completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 294kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 273mgFiber: 1gSugar: 26g