I have my usual quick dessert recipes which I make often. But at times, I get bored of making the same. This is a new recipe which had some raving reviews from my friends. This recipe has been adapted from Trisha Yearwood’s recipe on Food Network. Though there is quite a large amount of coffee added, the distinct taste is of cinnamon with an after taste of coffee. You could reduce the cinnamon by half if you do not like the taste of cinnamon. This cake was really soft almost like a sponge cake. I made a yogurt honey sauce to go with it, but it was good without the sauce too.

This is a repost. I made this again yesterday and it was delicious.

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/2 cup strong brewed coffee
• 1/3 cup sour cream or yogurt
• 225 grams (1 cup) unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sugar

Coffee Crumb Topping

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (maida)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/2 tsp instant coffee powder
• 4 tbsp melted unsalted butter
• a pinch of salt

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC)
• Prepare a 9 by 9-inch baking pan. Line it with parchment paper and butter it.
• For the cake: Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat till well mixed.
• Sift together the flour, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, baking soda, and baking powder.
• In a small bowl whisk sour cream (or yogurt) and coffee until smooth.
• Add sour cream mixture and dry ingredients to the sugar-butter mixture and mix well.
• Pour the batter into the pan.
• For the crumb: Mix all ingredients except butter. Add melted butter. Mix.
• Top the cake batter evenly with the crumb topping
• Bake for 45 minutes till a skewer comes out clean
• Cool for 30 minutes before serving
• Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee

Yogurt Honey Sauce

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• a pinch of cinnamon
• Mix ingredients till smooth and serve with cake.

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