coffee and walnut cake

In 1934, McDougall's published a recipe it called "new".{{Cite web |last=O'Brady |first=Tara |date=2022-04-06 |title=I'd Eat This Coffee and Walnut Cake As My Last Dessert on Earth |url=https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/this-coffee-and-walnut-cake-gives-the-classic-british-dessert-an-extra-nutty-chocolaty-boost |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Epicurious |language=en-US}}

The cake is a sponge cake flavoured with coffee and walnuts. It is made with the creaming method. The coffee flavor typically comes from instant coffee or espresso.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-27 |title=Coffee and walnut cake |url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/recipes/a537920/coffee-and-walnut-cake/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Good Housekeeping |language=en-GB}}

The cake is usually a layer cake, often filled with coffee-flavoured butter icing, and topped with more coffee-flavoured butter icing and walnut halves.

According to Epicurious it is "ubiquitous" in the UK. Coffee and walnut cakes are widely available in supermarkets in the United Kingdom.{{Cite news |last=Cloake |first=Felicity |author-link=Felicity Cloake |date=2014-04-16 |title=How to make the perfect coffee and walnut cake |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/apr/16/how-to-make-perfect-coffee-and-walnut-cake |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} It is often offered at bake sales and sold in teahouses in the UK.

A Battenberg variation of the cake was the technical challenge in the first episode of the second series of Great British Bake Off. English food writer Nigel Slater has said it would be his final meal if he had a choice.{{Cite news |last=Slater |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Slater |date=2003-09-28 |title=The last supper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/sep/28/foodanddrink.shopping |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Tasting Table called it a classic of British cooking.{{Cite web |last=Ngo |first=Hope |date=2022-12-15 |title=The Mysterious Origins Of The UK's Classic Coffee And Walnut Cake |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1138566/the-mysterious-origins-of-the-uks-classic-coffee-and-walnut-cake/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}

The American dish coffee cake is a sweet bread intended to be served with coffee, but which doesn't contain coffee as an ingredient or flavouring. It bears no relation to coffee and walnut cake.

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