Coffee Cake

 Ingredients

• 225g margarine
• 225g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 225g flour
• 3 round teaspoons baking powder
• 3 teaspoons Nescafe (coffee) and 3 teaspoons condensed milk dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water (or instead of condensed milk, add about 3 teaspoons milk powder and a little sugar)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

   Method:

1. Make the coffee first and leave to cool. 
2. Cream margarine and sugar till light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. Add vanilla.
3. Fold in the flour alternately with the coffee.
4. Bake at 180oC for about 30-40 minutes till cooked. A skewer or toothpick inserted to the middle of the cake should come out clean with just a bit of moisture and a crumb or two.

                                                                                      

Coffee icing:

• 125g margarine
• 250g icing sugar
• 3 teaspoons Nescafe dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 tablespoon brandy (optional)
• Cream the butter and the icing sugar well. Afterwards add the coffee and brandy.