Italian Coffee Cake
This Italian Coffee Cake is super easy and full of amazing flavors of coffee, walnut and Amaretto liqueur!
I am busy in the kitchen making my cannoli cake recipe for a special birthday but I wanted something for dessert that was easy and delicious. This Italian Coffee Cake is perfect.
Most of the ingredients are simple and you can purchase them at the supermarket. If you don’t have Amaretto liqueur, you can use a rum or substitute with espresso coffee that has been cooled.
If you are looking for some more sweets to serve, be sure to make my delicious Chocolate Puff Pastry and espresso brownies to go along with this recipe.
If you love this Italian Coffee Cake, be sure to try my Italian Rum Cake!
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Italian Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup (100grams) walnuts
- ¼ cup (20grams) ground espresso coffee
- ⅔ cup (150 grams) butter
- ¾ cup (165 grams) caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup (60mls) Amaretto liqueur
- ¾ cup (110g) self raising flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons Amaretto liqueur extra
- 1 cup (225 grams) mascarpone cheese
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar icing sugar
- extra walnuts and/or coffee beans to decorate
Instructions
- Heat the oven 350°F/180°C. Grease a 8 inch (20cm) round pan and line the base with non stick parchment paper.
- In a food processor grind the walnuts and the coffee until finely ground.
- Beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the Amaretto. Mix in the walnut and coffee mixture. Sift together the flour, cocoa and baking powder. Add to the butter mixture and mix until just combined.
- Spoon into prepare pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle over 1 tablespoon Amaretto. Cool in pan. When cool remove from pan and place on serving plate. Mix remaining Amaretto with mascarpone and powdered sugar and spread over the top of the cake. Decorate as desired. Chill the cake for 30 minutes before serving.
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Meno male!!
BAci
This is a lovely looking cake. Have a great holiday break.
Hi Marcellina. I have known about the flood from the tv. I have worried for you!
Come stai? Fammi sapere sono preoccupata!
Baci
Marcella
mmmm sounds amazing! Amaretto and mascarpone cheese? How decacent and delicious. Enjoy your holidays and Happy New Year to you and your family.
It sounds delicious, and perfect any time of year (or day). I love mascarpone and Amaretto, so that topping sounds amazing. Enjoy the holidays, and catch a bit of sunshine for me–it's a bit too cold to appreciate it for long here!
What a delicious cake!
I hope you are safe!
Hey Happy new year to ya too , let it be ur best year yet!
Oh yeah , as long as we have a happy here with all in place and happy , no resolutions needed:-)
This coffee cake sure is wonderful and the addition of espresso makes it even better!
Happy day to ya!
This looks divine! I am going to have to try making it…my New Year's resolution is to eat more dessert!
This is a cake packed with every flavor I adore – starting with the amaretto. Perfect for welcoming the New Year. And so different from all that I make. I will be sending the link to me (my version of bookmarking! – a reminder in my inbox). I often think of my Australian friends on summer vacation as I shiver through the winter!
You're so right about ticking all the boxes. I love all those flavors, but together this is bliss.
what a perfect cake to welcome the year with!! so many wonderful ingredients in that cake, I love the espresso and cocoa, now cut me off a big piece to have with my coffee please!
Dennis
Looks like a delicious cake for the new year! Do you happen to know of a substitute for self-rising flour, the proportions to make it from scratch?
Happy new year, Marcellina!
This is a delicious cake that fits the holiday season everywhere around the world!
Ooh what I would do for a slice of that cake! I'm trying to eat healthier and being tempted by such coffee goodness is hard 😛
Thanks for the sweet words! No I don't speak well English 🙁
Kesses and baci
Hi Marcellina….first of all..your Italian is very good!!! May you have a special happy new year and trehnks a lot for this delicious cake…. I copy it immediately, hugs, Flavia
Hallo Marcy! This is a wonderful cake! Amaretto is a guarantee!
Vedi cara…ci veniamo incontro…un pò di inglese e un pò di italiano!
Baci e buona giornata
Amaretto in a cake with these other flavors sounds like party time to me! Great looking cake!
Happy New year and happy holiday season too! That is a wonderful cake to celebrate this glorious time of the year, well for you I am in winter mode lol.
This looks so pretty and yummy! A wonderful coffee cake!