Vanilla Cafe Latte Cake with Coffee Buttercream
Calories: 17
Adjust Servings Here: 9 servings
Description
This Vanilla Café Latte Cake is the perfect blend of warm vanilla and smooth coffee, just like your favorite café latte in cake form. Topped with a silky coffee buttercream, it’s rich, fluffy, and full of cozy coffeehouse flavor. Whether you’re a coffee lover or just craving something indulgent, this cake is pure latte-inspired bliss!
Ingredients
For the cake
- 3 cup (375 g) All-purpose flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- ¼ tsp ( ) Ground cardamom optional
- ½ tsp Ground cinnamon optional
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg fresh grated
- ¼ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 cup (226 g) Unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cup (400 g) White sugar
- 4 large Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ cup (120 ml) Brewed coffee or espresso
- ½ cup (120 ml) Milk
Coffee Buttercream
- 1 cup (228 grams) Unsalted butter room temperature
- 3 cups (360 g) Powdered sugar confectioners sugar
- ¼ cup (4 tsp) Heavy cream
- 1 tbsp Instant coffee or Espresso ground
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Extra
- ¼ cup (60 ml) Simple syrup
Instructions
Prepare cake
- Oven & Pans - Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line two 9-inch round cake pans or three 7-inch round cake pans with parchment paper.
- Dry ingredients - In a bowl, combine the flour with baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt - set aside.3 cup All-purpose flour , 2 tsp Baking powder, ½ tsp Baking soda, ¼ tsp Ground cardamom, ½ tsp Ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp Nutmeg, ¼ tsp Kosher salt
- Wet ingredients - In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract.1 cup Unsalted butter, 2 cup White sugar, 4 large Eggs, 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- Combine - Then, add the flour mixture and the coffee and milk in three additions. Combine well but do not overmix.½ cup Brewed coffee, ½ cup Milk
- Bake - Divide the batter equally between the prepared baking pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes clean.
- Cool - Once baked cool in the baking pan for 5 minutes. Then, invert and cool on a wire rack completely before you decorate.
Coffee Buttercream
- Coffee - Add coffee and vanilla extract to the cold cream. Strain if necessary - set aside1 tbsp Instant coffee or Espresso, 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Cream - In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream the butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time Followed by the heavy cream and coffee.1 cup Unsalted butter, 3 cups Powdered sugar, ¼ cup Heavy cream, ¼ tsp Salt
- Whip - Continue to whip until you have a light and fluffy buttercream. The cream in the mixture will whip and give you almost stiff peaks.
Assemble
- Prepare simple syrup - cool completely before using. Simple syrup is just sugar water that has been boiled and cooled. Used to keep cake layers moist.¼ cup Simple syrup
- Level - Using a bread knife or cake leveler cut the domes off the cake layers. Brush each layer with the cooled simple syrup
- Stack - Place a cake layer on the cake board or cake stand. Top with a big dollop of buttercream - spread evenly using a straight-edge spatula. Then top the second cake layer on top followed by more buttercream and the last layer.
- Chill - Place the cake in the fridge to chill for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Frost - Spread the remaining buttercream around and on top of the cake. Create a rustic buttercream look by simply swirling the tip of the spatula around the cake. A straight-edge spatula for the top, an off-set spatula, and a bench scraper for the sides work better.
- Rustic finish - Create a rustic buttercream look by simply swirling the tip of the spatula vertically around the cake. Pipe any remaining frosting as a border around the top and bottom of the cake.
- Storage - Once decorated the cake does not need to be refrigerated. It can stay at room temperature for 2 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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