Wake-me-up Cake or the True Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

9x11 inch (30x40 cm) Pyrex dish or deep baking sheet

Some grease

A bowl with a lid

Batter:

100 g (1 stick) butter or margarine

150 g all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

100 g powdered sugar

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

100 g hazelnut flour

2 eggs

125 ml very strong coffee

Decoration:

50 g powdered sugar

50 g semi-sweet chocolate

Preparation:

1. Prepare a very strong coffee.

2. Grease Pyrex dish. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 F).

3. Melt butter or margarine in a microwave-safe dish or stovetop pot. Pour melted fat into a bowl and let cool down a bit.

4. Add all remaining ingredients into the bowl, close the lid and shake the bowl until all ingredients are well blended. Alternatively, you can mix the ingredients with a wooden cooking spoon.

5. Pour batter into Pyrex dish or deep baking sheet and bake at 180 degrees Celsius (350 F) for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

6. Remove cake from oven and let cool down. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of cake, and decorate with melted chocolate.

Comments:

1. Coffee: I prepared a strong drip coffee, but you can certainly use instant coffee.

2. The original recipe calls for hazelnut flour. I didn't have hazelnut flour, and used almond flour instead. Walnut flour will be another good substitute for the hazelnut flour.

3. The coffee flavor is surprisingly weak. Next time, I might add some instant coffee to the batter to increase the coffee flavor.