craftyhunnypie Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Hi everyone! I've got a coffee cake in the oven at the moment, which I have made i a circular, very wide new tin. I had to double up on my usual recipe - so it has been 350g of everything and 6 eggs! Hope it works, as I normally use 2 separate sandwich tins. Anyway, it's that wide, that I don't think I'm going to be able to slice it in half. So I was wondering what to put on the top of it. A nice coffee cream frosting / icing sounds good, but do I just do half half icing sugar & butter? I can't remember. I can then put walnut halves on the top like a real pro!!!! Please help soon as it is due out of the oven in about 10 minutes!!! Thanks, Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfinches Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 When I make butter icing I do one part butter to two parts icing sugar plus flavouring . I'm not a coffee cake fan so when this one's cooked do you fancy making a chocolate one? Morag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Butter cream icing for bog standard sized cake is 3oz butter to 6oz icing sugar and a little water or milk, plus your choice of flavouring, so for your whopper of a cake I would double it? Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 Thanks everyone - I have done double quantity & it looks fine! The cake really is a whopper! I prefer chocolate cake myself with fudgy icing or even a sacher torte. But hubby adores coffee cake and is gloating at the very thought of how much he can have for himself! coffee cake courtesy of 5 Blanche eggs & 1 Audrey egg ( Audrey is in my avatar). Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I am not a chocolate person (there's always one isn't there!) but coffee cake is delicious! Emma, my mouth is watering, I may have to make a coffee cake now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 That makes two on this forum then - Louise doesn't like chocolate either I love coffee cake - but Mocha is my favourite, best of both worlds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
