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20 minutes

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Coffee loaf

1 hour

Coffee loaf

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 1 hour

Ingredients

230 g flour
2 t baking powder
2 t cocoa
115 g butter
275 g sugar
2 free-range eggs, beaten
2 t vanilla extract
3 T instant coffee
2 T hot water
1 cup milk

For the cannoli cream:

100 g sultanas
1 1⁄2 cup Kahlua
1 cup cream
1⁄2 t orange zest
1⁄2 t lemon zest
50 g pistachios, shelled and chopped

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 160°C. Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa together. Beat the sugar and butter until pale and creamy.

2 Add the eggs one at a time with the vanilla, adding the flour between additions. Mix the coffee and water and add to the batter with the milk.

3 Spoon into a greased 26 x 14 cm loaf tin and bake for 1 hour. Cool in the pan. Remove and slice. Spread with the cannoli cream.

4 To make the cannoli cream, soak the sultanas in the Kahlua for 30 minutes. Whip the cream and fold in the remaining ingredients and sultanas. Chill until ready to serve.

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Photographs: Andrea van der Spuy
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Emma Nkunzana and Marizen Smit

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