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Walnut Cocoa Butter Cake

Makes a 9 inch cake Or 2 x 6 inch cakes
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g butter softened
  • 160 g castor sugar
  • 4 large eggs room temperature
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup 60ml milk
  • 190 g cake flour
  • 30 g cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 120 g walnuts milled/blended
  • 60 g walnuts to top

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 170C.
  2. Grease pan, and line bottom with parchment paper.
  3. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
  4. Add eggs and beat one at a time.
  5. Beat on high for 1 minute to incorporate air into batter.
  6. Add milk & vanilla extract and beat until combined.
  7. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder.
  8. Beat until just combined.
  9. Fold in milled/blended walnuts.
  10. Pour into baking tin, drop tin on counter tops a few times to remove large air bubbles.
  11. Bake at 170C for 50-55 minutes for 9 inch cake, or 40 minutes for 6 inch cake.
  12. Check by inserting skewer into cake, if it comes out clean, it means it's done.