Sugar and Crumbs review and giveaway – part 3 Coffee Cake

This is my third post in a series of posts reviewing Sugar and Crumbs products which I received free to review. Sugar and Crumbs are an online store who sell a range of natural flavoured icing sugar and cocoa powder. I received the following products in a handy reusable shopping bag along with a fridge magnet.
Salted Caramel Icing Sugar
Coffee Icing Sugar
Key Lime Icing Sugar
Chocolate Lime Cocoa Powder

With just the Coffee Icing Sugar left to review I decided to make a Coffee Cake. I did contemplate making a more traditional Coffee and Walnut cake, but my boys aren’t keen on nuts. But one thing to point out is that none of the Sugar and Crumbs products are suitable for anyone with nut allergies, due to the manufacturing process.

Previously I posted a review of Sugar and Crumbs Salted Caramel Icing with my Carrot Muffins recipe. I followed this up by baking a Chocolate Lime Cake to review  the Chocolate Lime Cocoa Powder and the Key Lime Icing Sugar.

Coffee Cake

Ingredients

225g margarine
225g caster sugar
225g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
4 level tsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degree C / 160 fan / Gas mark 4.
Grease and line a pair of 20cm diameter cake tins.
In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar.
Beat in the eggs.
Fold in the flour and baking powder.
Dissolve the coffee and stir in well until thoroughly blended.
Spoon into the tins.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
Turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack.
Allow to cool completely before icing.

Coffee Buttercream Icing

Ingredients

125g Sugar and Crumbs coffee icing sugar
63g butter

Method

Ensure the butter is softened first.
Beat the butter and icing sugar together, either by hand or using an electric mixer.
Spread half the icing on bottom layer of cake.
Sandwich the top layer on.
Spread remaining icing on top of the cake.
Serve and enjoy.

Coffee cake has always been one of my favourites and this one lived up to my expectations. Absolutely delicious and all the family agreed too.

The icing sugar costs £2.99 for 250g or £4.99 for 500g so it is significantly more expensive than standard icing sugar at the supermarket, which is currently about £1 for 500g. I leave it to you the reader to decide if these products are right for you? For me personally, I would buy them to use when baking a special treat.

So do take a look at the Sugar and Crumbs website to see all their other flavours of icing sugar and cocoa powder. They have an interesting range, which are all naturally flavoured. Which is your favourite? They sell cake toppers, sugarpaste and sprinkles too and have some bundle special offers. They have recently introduced a Hot Cross Bunny flavour and are also planning to launch some more new flavours after Easter.

And I’m hosting a rafflecopter competition courtesy of Sugar And Crumbs to giveaway £10 worth of their products of the winner’s choice to one lucky person.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you can’t see the Rafflecopter box above, either click the Rafflecopter link or you may alternatively enter via my Facebook page.

Disclosure.  This post is a review of products I was sent for free.  All opinions are my own.