Blueberry and Espresso Buttercream Coffee Cake
Nov 22, 2016 23:11:13 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Nov 22, 2016 23:11:13 GMT -5
Blueberry and Espresso Buttercream Coffee Cake
(serves 4-5)
Ingredients:
Cake
5 tablespoons of butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups of flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
Icing
1 cup of butter (room temperature)
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon espresso powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pint washed blueberries
Directions:
Preheat the oven 350° F and grease 3 8″ round cake pans (for a cake with three layers).
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking power, salt, and espresso powder in a mixing bowl.
In an electric mixing bowl beat butter, buttermilk, and sugar together on medium speed for 4 minutes.
Add your eggs to electric mixing bowl. Beat for another 2 minutes, and then add your flour mixture. Finish by beating for 3 minutes.
Distribute your batter evenly across the three greased cake pans and bake them for 30 minutes.
Check your cakes with a toothpick to make sure they are cooked all the way through. If not, continue baking at 10-minute intervals until a toothpick is dry upon removal.
Begin making your icing by combining your espresso powder, cinnamon, and your vanilla extract in a small bowl.
Using your electric mixer again whip 1 cup of butter, beginning on low speed and increasing the speed for 5 minutes until the butter is light and fluffy.
Reduce the speed of the mixer and add your powdered sugar, a little at a time, until it is all fully incorporated. Mix on high speed again for another 2 minutes.
Add your espresso/cinnamon/vanilla mixture to your whipped butter. Mix at medium speed for another 2 minutes.
Once your cake layers are fully baked, pull them out of the oven. Place one layer on your serving plate and coat with a layer of your espresso buttercream. Sprinkle with blueberries.
Repeat previous step twice more by placing your last two layers of cake on top of your buttercream and frosting them.
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(serves 4-5)
Ingredients:
Cake
5 tablespoons of butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups of flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
Icing
1 cup of butter (room temperature)
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon espresso powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pint washed blueberries
Directions:
Preheat the oven 350° F and grease 3 8″ round cake pans (for a cake with three layers).
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking power, salt, and espresso powder in a mixing bowl.
In an electric mixing bowl beat butter, buttermilk, and sugar together on medium speed for 4 minutes.
Add your eggs to electric mixing bowl. Beat for another 2 minutes, and then add your flour mixture. Finish by beating for 3 minutes.
Distribute your batter evenly across the three greased cake pans and bake them for 30 minutes.
Check your cakes with a toothpick to make sure they are cooked all the way through. If not, continue baking at 10-minute intervals until a toothpick is dry upon removal.
Begin making your icing by combining your espresso powder, cinnamon, and your vanilla extract in a small bowl.
Using your electric mixer again whip 1 cup of butter, beginning on low speed and increasing the speed for 5 minutes until the butter is light and fluffy.
Reduce the speed of the mixer and add your powdered sugar, a little at a time, until it is all fully incorporated. Mix on high speed again for another 2 minutes.
Add your espresso/cinnamon/vanilla mixture to your whipped butter. Mix at medium speed for another 2 minutes.
Once your cake layers are fully baked, pull them out of the oven. Place one layer on your serving plate and coat with a layer of your espresso buttercream. Sprinkle with blueberries.
Repeat previous step twice more by placing your last two layers of cake on top of your buttercream and frosting them.
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