Coffee Pound Cake
Servings: 5
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 9x5 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
For an optional glaze:
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!
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!
See This Recipe:
https://cosmopolitancornbread.com/coffee-pound-cake-sundaybrunch/Nutrition
Serving: 1c | Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 174mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g
