Louisiana Coffee Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
• 1/3 cup cold coffee
• 1/3 cup whipping cream
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups frosting (of your choice or use coffee buttercream frosting)
• 1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 2 teaspoons orange peel, freshly grated

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl.
• 3 add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 dissolve coffee powder in cold coffee; stir into butter mixture.
• 5 add whipping cream; stir well until smooth.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; sift again.
• 8 fold flour mixture into butter mixture.
• 9 pour into 2 floured and greased 9" cake pans.
• 10 bake until wooden pick inserted in centers is with-drawn clean, 20-25 minutes.
• 11 cool on wire rack.
• 12 place 1 cake layer on serving plate.
• 13 spread top with 1 cup of frosting.
• 14 top with remaining layer.
• 15 spread top of cake with 1 cup of frosting.
• 16 sprinkle pecans and orange peel over frosting.