Coffee cake with coffee buttercream icing

Ingredients

• Flour/Maida ? 1 cup
• Baking powder ? 1 tsp
• Brown sugar ? ¾ cup[I used regular white sugar]
• Butter,softened ? ¾ cup
• Instant Coffee powder ? 3 tbsp
• Boiling water ? 1 tbsp
• Eggs - 2
• Vanilla essence ? 2 tsp
• Milk ? ¼ cup

1) Coffee Buttercream Icing:

• Softened butter ? ½ cup
• Icing sugar ? 2 cups
• Instant coffee powder ? 1 tbsp
• Boiling water ? 1 tbsp

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 180*C. Grease and line an 8? round cake tin. Sift together maida and baking powder twice and keep aside.
• Mix together coffee powder and boiling water. Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
• Add the eggs one by one,beating well all the while. Add vanilla essence and beat well. Alternately add the flour and milk to the mix,beginning and ending with flour.
• Pour into the greased cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
• 1) Coffee Buttercream Icing:
  Cream together butter and icing sugar till soft and creamy. Mix together coffee powder and boiling water. Add it to the butter-sugar mix and beat well. Keep aside in the refrigerator or a few minutes. Spread on the cool cake and serve!