Is there anything better than a slice of moist pound cake with a cup of coffee? How about a slice of coffee pound cake?
To begin, preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×5 loaf pan. Set it aside.
In a bowl, combine 2 1/2 c flour, a teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg, and a half teaspoon each of allspice, baking powder, and salt.
Measure out 2 tablespoons of instant coffee granules and crush them a bit with a mortar & pestle.
Add the instant coffee to the dry ingredients and stir them all together. Set that bowl aside for now.
In your mixing bowl, beat together 1 1/4 cup sugar with 2 sticks (1 cup) of room temperature butter. Beat these until they are very fluffy.
With the mixer going, you will add 4 eggs (room temperature) one at a time, incorporating each fully before adding the next.
Once the eggs are beaten in, add in 2 tablespoons of coffee liqueur.
Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula, being sure everything is mixed in well.
Add half of your dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
When it is just mixed in, add in 1/4 cup milk.
When the milk is mixed in, add in the remaining half of the dry ingredients. Mix until it is just combined and smooth – again being sure to scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula.
Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top.
Bake the cake for 70-80 minutes or until it tests done in the center with a tooth pick. Allow it to cool in the pan on a cooling rack for a few minutes. Then run a thin knife around the edges and turn it out to cool completely.
Dust with some powdered sugar, if you like, or just eat it plain. This also makes a great ingredient for other desserts that use pound cake in them.
Enjoy!
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Coffee Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 2 ½ c flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 Tb instant coffee granules, crushed
- 2 sticks, 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 ¼ c sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 2 Tb coffee liqueur
- ¼ c milk
- powdered sugar for dusting, optional
Instructions
- To begin, preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×5 loaf pan. Set it aside.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, baking powder, and salt. Crush the instant coffee granules a bit with a mortar & pestle. Add the instant coffee to the dry ingredients and stir them all together. Set that bowl aside for now.
- In your mixing bowl, beat together the sugar and butter. Beat these until they are very fluffy.
- With the mixer going, you will add your 4 eggs (room temperature) one at a time, incorporating each fully before adding the next. Once the eggs are beaten in, add in the coffee liqueur.
- Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula, being sure everything is mixed in well.
- Add half of your dry ingredients into the butter mixture. When it is just mixed in, add in the milk.
- When the milk is mixed in, add in the remaining half of the dry ingredients. Mix until it is just combined and smooth – again being sure to scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top.
- Bake the cake for 70-80 minutes or until it tests done in the center with a tooth pick.
- Allow it to cool in the pan on a cooling rack for a few minutes. Then run a thin knife around the edges and turn it out to cool completely.
- Dust with some powdered sugar, if you like, or just eat it plain.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Combine 2 1/2 c powdered sugar, 3 to 4 tablespoons hot, strong coffee and 1/2 tsp vanilla in a bowl. Whisk together until smooth. Drizzle over the top of the cake. Enjoy!
Nutrition
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What a creative recipe! I love coffee and to put it right into baked goods is genius! I would love with with a cup of joe on the side :)
I love coffee and I love pound cake so this is a must try item … Thx :)
Yum!! ;) I'd love to try some time *drooling*
You're making me hungry!
I want some!
Yum, that is definitely something I need to make for my next brunch!