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French Coffeecake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Cake
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozButter or margarine
1 cup 198g / 7ozSugar
3   Eggs
3 cups 187g / 6.6ozFlour
3 teaspoons 15mlBaking powder
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBaking soda
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1 cup 237mlMilk
  Filling and Topping
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozBaking cocoa
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozSugar
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozWalnuts - chopped or hazelnuts

Recipe Instructions

Beat butter with sugar until very light and fluffy. Blend in eggs one at a time.

Sift dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk into creamed mixture.

Turn batter into a greased and floured 9 inch tube or angel pan.

Sprinkle with the topping or if desired add 1/2 batter/ 1/2 topping and repeat and swirl cocoa mixture into batter with knife.

Bake 350F for 45 minutes to 1 hour or tested done.

Remove cake after 15 minutes to cool completely.

Cake freezes well. Wonderfully light and tasty.

Source:
"Whitman's Chocolate Cookbook" ISBN 0-517-64157-7

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