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Coffee cake with pecan brittle
Published: February 17, 2015 at 10:13 AM
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Serves 10
Easy
Total time: 45 mins
+ cooling
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Classic coffee cake is one of our all-time favourite afternoon treats. In this recipe, we've given it a modern twist to include deliciously crunchy pecan brittle
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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225g (at room temperature) butter
plus a little more for the tins
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225g light muscovado sugar
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4 eggs
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1 tbsp mixed to a paste with 2 tbsp milk coffee granules
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175g plain flour
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3 tsp baking powder
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150g pecan halves
8 kept for decoration, and the rest chopped
ICING
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150g white granulated sugar
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250g butter
softened
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500g icing sugar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal907
- fat52.1g
- saturates26.3g
- carbs102.2g
- fibre1.7g
- protein6.5g
- salt1.2g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line and butter 2 x 20cm sandwich tins. Beat the butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy, then beat in the eggs, one by one, with the coffee paste and 1 tbsp of the flour. Fold in the remaining flour, the baking powder and the chopped pecans.
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step 2
Divide the mixture between the tins, level the tops and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until they are risen and feel springy when pressed lightly. Cool slightly, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave cool completely.
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step 3
To make the brittle, tip the sugar into a frying pan in an even layer. Add 2 tbsp of water and heat until the sugar has melted. Keep cooking until you have an evenly coloured golden caramel. Add the whole pecans, then tip the lot onto a baking sheet set on a wooden board. Cool, then snap the pecans out of the surrounding brittle.
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step 4
Beat the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy, adding a tiny splash of water if you need to loosen it. Crush the brittle to a coarse powder by rolling it with a rolling pin, then beat it into the icing. Sandwich the cakes together with some icing, and cover the cake with the rest. Decorate the top with the glazed pecans.
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