Triple-layer EASY (and tasty!!) gluten free coffee and walnut cake

Hello :)

I'd like to start by saying a massive thank you to anyone viewing this and if you've viewed my other posts/pages, it motivates me to post and just makes me really happy! :)

So back to the point of this page....

I made this coffee and walnut cake for my Dad's birthday.

I personally like the fact the icing is a bit of a mess, but you could make it cleaner if you wanted!

I adapted the recipe from the original 2-tiered cake here, and this blogger adapted it from Nigella to make it GF.

The differences I made to the recipe in the above link are that I had no xanthan gum, so I just left it out - it didn't seem to matter. And I also used a half extra of each ingredient obviously to add the extra tier, this meant that I used:

75g walnuts

263g caster sugar

75g light brown sugar

338g butter

6 eggs

338g gluten free plain flour

3 and 3/4 tsp baking powder

1.5 tsp instant coffee

3 tbsp milk

I actually doubled the amount for the icing as I planned to put it round the outside, but in the end decided it didn't need this and so I had lots if icing left over - it may be best to work it out the same as above instead.

Of course I realise the numbers above look complicated, but with digital scales its no problem to calculate or even not using digital it won't matter if not accurate to the gram. I just want to stress how easy this recipe is, all ingredients go in together after the walnuts are blitzed - that is the most complicated bit of the recipe (although its really not just to blend some nuts) which I think demonstrates it's ease.

Also it is worth any effort as I think it tastes delicious and definitely got my family's (and Dad the birthday boy's!) thumbs up. So give it a go and see what you think!

Enjoy :) xx