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vegan coffee and walnut loaf cake on a cake stand

Vegan Coffee and Walnut Loaf Cake

Course Snack
Keyword cake, coffee, vegan, walnut
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 180 g plain flour
  • 100 g ground almonds
  • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 30 g chopped walnuts
  • 200 ml plant based milk at room temperature
  • 60 ml strong coffee
  • 60 ml coconut oil melted

For the icing

  • 25 g vegan butter
  • 125 g icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • splash vegan milk

Instructions

To Make The Cake

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180° C / 355° F (160° C / 320° F fan oven).

  2. Grease and line a 2lb cake tin (or use a silicone one inside a metal tin). Make sure it is a cake tin and not a loaf tin so there is enough room for the cake to rise

  3. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix to combine.

  4. Add the wet ingredients and fold to combine.

  5. Fill the cake tin with the batter, it will be a pourable consistency.

  6. Pop it in the oven for 45 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.

  7. Leave the cake in the tin to cool before removing it to decorate.

To decorate

  1. Cream the vegan butter until it is light and fluffy then slowly add the sieved icing sugar. Add the coffee and vanilla extract and mix until it is combined, adding a splash of milk if necessary to get the right consistency.

  2. Once the cake is completely cooled cut it in half lengthways and spread a layer of icing and chopped walnuts in the middle. Put the top back on and do the same with the top – a layer of icing topped with chopped walnuts.