Love coffee? You may also like to try these other coffee flavoured bakes. When it comes to puddings, do you serve them with custard or cream? Personally I like both, but not at the same time. Custard in winter, cream in summer. This recipe is sufficient to be divided into two 8-in round cake tins. So feel free to use this recipe for your next coffee and walnut cake. If I could describe a cake as 'juicy' then this is how I would describe this carrot and walnut cake. The texture is moist and crumbly all at the same time.

It is amazingly easy to make. Just mix all the wet ingredients together and then add them to the dry. Job done! There's no beating of butter and sugar because this carrot cake is made with oil. Place the cream cheese into a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric beater until softened. You could also use a wooden spoon to do this. I love using brown sugars in cake baking. They add a slightly nutty, caramel flavour. If you only have white caster sugar or granulated sugar, that will be fine. You may need to beat the granulated sugar, which has a larger crystal, a little longer to get a fluffy result.large eggs (weigh the eggs to ensure you have the same weight as the butter and sugar: 220g), beaten This traybake recipe will give more ideas for moms with school-age children so that you can make this coffee and walnut traybake next time you have to bake a cake for your school fete. I promise you it will be so popular. These all add to the flavour and texture of the cake - I've tried to suggest substitutions where possible. This is my adapted version of a banana loaf recipe. I love banana loaf but often find it can be a little too moist in the middle. Baking it as a traybake ensures it is fully baked through. This coffee walnut cake will keep in an airtight container for a couple of days, but I doubt it will last you that long. Need more recipe inspiration?

The traybake will keep for up to three days in a suitable container at room temperature and is suitable for freezing.

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Before building the tray, you’ll need to make a table-saw sled and a custom jig to help space out the identical cuts that make the box joints fit snugly together. You’ll also need a template for the handled sides. Once the tray is complete, you’ll want to sand the joints flush and ease the edges along the sides. After that, there are lots of finish options to protect the wood; Tom used mineral oil, but any food-safe wax or oil will work. Many food-safe oil finishes include beeswax, which gives the oil more body, extends the time between applications, and adds a nice floral aroma to the finish.

Alternatively, you could use a ruler to draw a ½-inch grid on a sheet of paper and then draw this template, or one of your own design. Glue or tape the paper template onto the plywood, cut to the lines with a band saw or jigsaw, and then use the plywood template to lay out the handles Carrots - there are no substitutions here - this is a carrot cake after all 🙂 . When grating the carrots, use the largest holes on a cheese grater and keep the carrot perpendicular to the grater so that you don't get long strands of carrots. I would also tend to avoid shop-bought grated carrots as these can be quite dry and will upset the moisture content of the cake. Add the remaining flour and instant coffee powder, mixing until just combined. Stir in chopped walnuts. Apple sauce - provides additional flavour and moisture. You can swap this out for an equivalent amount of ripe mashed bananas or well-drained canned crushed pineapples.

However, I must warn you that margarine tends to have a higher fat content than baking spread. So, the baked goods may be slightly denser or dryer. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/Gas 4. Grease and line the base and sides of a 30 x 20cm rectangular cake tin. To make this carrot and walnut cake you will need 2 mixing bowls, one for the dry ingredients and one for the wet. Once the dry and wet ingredients have been mixed separately, the wet ingredients get added to the dry ingredients. For this cake, I used Self Raising Flour which includes a raising agent. TIP: You can make your own self raising flour by adding 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder and ¼ teaspoon salt to every 120g plain flour. Get the complete list of ingredients and full instructions for making this carrot and walnut cake traybake on the printable recipe card at the end of this post**