Desserts & Baking

Coffee loaf

6
Easy
15 minutes
1 hour

"This cake is good without the cream, but next-level with it for something special. Use it to ice the cake or spread it onto slices as I do. The cake can be frozen for up to a month, wrapped in clingwrap. Defrost overnight in the fridge.” – Abigail Donnelly

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Ingredients

Method
  • 230 g flour
  • 2 t baking powder
  • 2 t cocoa
  • 115 g butter
  • 275 g sugar
  • 2 free-range eggs, beaten
  • 2 t vanilla extract
  • 3 T instant coffee
  • 2 T hot water
  • 1 cup milk
  • For the cannoli cream:

  • 100 g sultanas
  • 1 1⁄2 cup Kahlua
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1⁄2 t orange zest
  • 1⁄2 t lemon zest
  • 50 g pistachios, shelled and chopped

Method

Ingredients

1 Preheat the oven to 160°C. Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa together. Beat the sugar and butter until pale and creamy.

2 Add the eggs one at a time with the vanilla, adding the flour between additions. Mix the coffee and water and add to the batter with the milk.

3 Spoon into a greased 26 x 14 cm loaf tin and bake for 1 hour. Cool in the pan. Remove and slice. Spread with the cannoli cream.

4 To make the cannoli cream, soak the sultanas in the Kahlua for 30 minutes. Whip the cream and fold in the remaining ingredients and sultanas. Chill until ready to serve.

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Photographs: Andrea van der Spuy
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Emma Nkunzana and Marizen Smit

Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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