Mary Berry's Coffee & Walnut Traybake
Recipes

Mary Berry's Coffee & Walnut Traybake

Made using the Mary Berry with Lakeland Traybake

Ingredients

For the sponge

  • 225g butter, softened 
  • 225g light muscovado sugar 
  • 275g self-raising flour 
  • 2 tsp baking powder 
  • 4 eggs 
  • 2 tbsp milk 
  • 2 tsp coffee extract 
  • 75g walnuts, chopped 

For the icing

  • 75g butter, softened 
  • 225g icing sugar, sifted 
  • 2 tsp milk 
  • 1 tsp coffee extract 
  • 75g walnuts, chopped 

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4.
  2. Thoroughly grease a Non-Stick Traybake then line with parchment.
  3. Measure all the sponge ingredients into a large bowl and beat until well blended. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and level the top.
  4. Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until the cake has shrunk from the sides of the tin and springs back when pressed in the centre with your fingertips. Leave to cool in the tin
  5. To make the icing, beat together the butter with the icing sugar, milk and coffee extract. Spread evenly over the cake using a palette knife then decorate with the chopped walnuts.