Coffee cake

very tasty

Ingredients

• coffee beans - 1 tbsp. l.
• eggs - 3 pcs.
• powdered sugar - 0.5 cups
• butter - 0.5 tbsp. l.
• flour - 0.75 cups
• For glaze:
• cocoa powder - 1 tsp.
• egg white - 1 pc
• powdered sugar - 0.5 cups
• lemon juice - 1.5 tbsp. l.
• For the cream:
• light honey - 1 tbsp. l.
• fresh grated ginger root - 0.25 cups
• soft cream cheese (mascarpone) - 0.75 cups
• coffee liqueur - 1 tbsp. l.

Directions

1. Prepare the dough. Grind the coffee very finely in a coffee grinder. Sift flour and coffee through a sieve. Beat eggs and powdered sugar until a thick mass is formed, gently mix with the coffee-flour mixture - until smooth.
2. Recipe preparation photo: Coffee cake, step # 2
3. Preheat oven to 190 ° C. Grease a detachable form for an oven with a diameter of 20 cm with butter, put the dough into it. Bake for 30–35 minutes, until tender (with a slight pressure, the finished cake should spring back). Put the cake on a wire rack and let cool.
4. Prepare the cream. Beat the cream cheese and honey until smooth. Add liqueur and ginger. Mix.
5. Recipe preparation photo: Coffee cake, step # 4
6. Cut the cake into 2 layers. Lubricate one layer with the resulting cream, put the second layer on top.
7. Recipe preparation photo: Coffee cake, step # 5
8. For the glaze, beat the icing sugar with the egg white and lemon juice. Grease the surface of the cake with 3/4 of the icing.
9. Recipe preparation photo: Coffee cake, step # 6
10. Mix the remaining glaze with cocoa. Fill a culinary bag with a fine nozzle with the resulting mixture and apply an ornament to the surface of the cake. Decorate with coffee beans.