Sour Cream Coffee Cake With Coffee Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 185 g butter, chopped
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup strong black coffee, cooled
• 1 cup icing sugar, sifted
• 10 g butter
• 2 -3 tablespoons hot strong black coffee
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans, toasted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to moderate, 180 degrees celcius.
• 2 lightly grease and line a 10 by 20cm loaf pan.
• 3 in a small bowl, using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light.
• 4 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 sift flour and cinnamon together.
• 6 fold into creamed mixture, slowly adding the coffee and sour cream, mix until combined.
• 7 bake for 40-45 minutes until cooked, test with a skewer.
• 8 let cool in pan for 5 minutes then turn onto wire rack to cool completely.
• 9 coffee icing.
• 10 combine icing sugar and butter in a small heatproof bowl.
• 11 stir in enough coffee to make a smooth paste.
• 12 place over a saucepan of simmering water and gently heat, stirring for 2-3 minutes, until the mixture is spreadable.
• 13 spread over the cooled cake with a spatula.
• 14 sprinle with pecans.