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Brazilian Birthday Cake

Submitted by Jacoba on Saturday, 20 September 2008 Print this article Print this article View Comments
Brazilian Birthday Cake

This Brazilian bachelor cake requires good quality ingredients and a little care. It’s perfect for those of you that can’t decide whether they feel like coffee or chocolate – take the easy way out and have them have both! It consists of a few ingredients only and the recipe is worth remembering because the cake itself is versatile and can be adapted for a huge variety of different recipes. For a bigger cake, make the recipe twice but don’t double up unless you are an adept baker. Spread with a swirl of rich coffee cream, more icing, berry jam or even nutella for a doubly delicious cake.

Ingredients

  • 170 g self raising flour, sifted
  • 170 g caster sugar
  • 170 g unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons hot espresso coffee
  • 3 large eggs
  • Few broken Brazil nuts for decorating
  • Coffee ice cream –  buy any good coffee ice-cream (or coffee and chocolate) from a reputable Italian gelateria)

Coffee liqueur Icing

  • 250 g icing sugar
  • 90 g cream cheese
  • 90 g unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon good coffee liqueur (Kahlua, Tia Maria or something similar)

Method

Pre heat oven to 170 C

  • Grease and line the base and side of a round cake tin with baking paper
  • Cream butter and sugar together with an electric egg mixer until it is light and pale
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, adding one tablespoon of flour after each egg and mix well with electric egg mixer
  • Fold in the rest of the flour and then the coffee
  • Put the mixture into the tin and bake for 30 – 40 minutes depending on your oven
  • Watch the cake – don’t go out and forget about it
  • Remove and allow to cool in the tin for 30 minutes before turning it out on the wire rack.
  • Put all the icing ingredients in the food processor and blend until smooth
  • Spread over the cake, grate chocolate on top and decorate.
  • Slice and serve with the ice cream, liqueur and good coffee.
  • Decorate with broken Brazil nuts

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  • Joan
    heppie bifday daa
    vi 'n niewe liewensjaa
    mag die worries noeit nie plaa
    en jou sakke swaa
    aan die baie gelte draa.

    Geniet jou kuier,
    liefde vir die vroue in Keulen
    en kom veilig terug,
    maar eers as jy die b'day goed gevier het.

    Joan
  • Janine Laubscher
    HaPpY bIrThDaY to you
    hApPy BiRtHdAy to you
    HaPpY bIrThDaY to Stefano
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!

    kiss kiss

    ~J~
  • Happy Happy Birthday Bestest Friend.
    I hope this year brings laughter, happiness money and really good times.
    I hope you are having a Mucking Afazing day, you deserve nothing less.
    Thank you for being the most AWEOME best friend.
    Miss you-
    Ax
  • Thanks for the well wishes :) Ek is seker ek sal more met jou praat oor die foon :) Lief vir jou.
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