Name: Recipe: Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze
Yield: 1 (3-layer) cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup milk; 2 heaping teaspoons instant coffee; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 3 cups cake flour; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons very finely ground coffee (or 2 additional teaspoons instant coffee); 2 teaspoons unsweetened natural cocoa powder; 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature, cut into cubes; 1 1/2 cups white sugar; 4 eggs, yolks and whites separated; 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature; 2 cups powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons freshly brewed coffee; Chocolate curls, for decoration

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Not to be confused with breakfast coffee cake, our Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze is a fluffy, moist, and coffee-scented dessert with a sweet, creamy glaze icing.

We wanted a lightly coffee-flavored cake with all the moistness and sweet fluffiness of our favorite coconut cake. It took some real testing to get there (we’ll show you our testing process later this week).

But the final result was tender and moist, and we made it extra special by sandwiching it with our Coffee Fluff and glazing it with a sweet coffee icing. It was coffee heaven!

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

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Makes 1 (3-layer) cake

Nutritional Info

Ingredients

For the cake:

3/4 cup
milk
2
heaping teaspoons instant coffee
1 teaspoon
vanilla
3 cups
cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons
baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1 teaspoon
salt
2 teaspoons
very finely ground coffee (or 2 additional teaspoons instant coffee)
2 teaspoons
unsweetened natural cocoa powder
3/4 cup
butter, at room temperature, cut into cubes
1 1/2 cups
white sugar
4
eggs, yolks and whites separated

For the coffee glaze:

1/4 cup
butter, at room temperature
2 cups
powdered sugar
3 tablespoons
freshly brewed coffee
Chocolate curls, for decoration

Instructions

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Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 8" cake pans.
Heat the milk in the microwave or on the stove until hot — stop short of a simmer. Stir in the instant coffee until well blended. Add the vanilla and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, soda, salt, ground coffee and cocoa.
In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using hand beaters) cream the butter and sugar together with the paddle attachment until very creamy and lightened in color and texture. It should be slightly fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks.
Add the flour and milk mixtures, alternating. Beat the batter very thoroughly, until silky smooth, after the last addition. Scrape all the batter out into a separate bowl and wash the mixer bowl thoroughly.
Switch to the whisk attachment and beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. They will hold a stiff peak but they will still slip around a little in the bowl.
Fold the egg whites into the cake batter gently, folding the batter around until well combined.
Pour into the cake pans and smooth out. Bake for about 25 minutes. Let cool in the pans for at least 15 minutes before removing the cakes. Let cool completely - even overnight. The coffee flavor comes through more fully after a night to cool.