Irish Coffee Cake

Ingredients

175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
175g/6oz Butter
175g/6oz Cater Sugar
Level Teaspoon Baking Powder
2 Tablespoons Coffee dissolved in 2 Tablespoons of hot water
3 Eggs

Syrup

150ml/ 1/4pt Strong Black Coffee
125g/4oz Sugar
3 to 4 Tablespoons Whiskey

Topping

170ml Carton Cream
1 Tablespoon Whiskey
Flake Bar (crushed)

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and base line a 20cms/8” deep cake tin.
2.Put all the ingredients for the cake into a large mixing bowl and beat until mixture is smooth. Transfer to the prepared tin and bake for about 40 minutes until risen and when gently pressed the cake ‘springs’ back.
3.Remove from tin and leave on a wire tray to cool. Wash and dry cake tin.
4.Dissolve the sugar slowly in the coffee, boil for one minute then, remove from heat and stir in the whiskey.
5.When cake is cold return cake to the clean tin, pour coffee syrup over the cake and allow to ‘stand’ for a few hours.
6.Whip the cream and stir in the whiskey, remove the cake from the tin and cover with the whipped cream. Chill in the fridge. Sprinkle with the crushed Flake bar.