Luxury Coffee & Walnut Cake

Serves 6

175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
175g caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
175g self raising flour
55g chopped walnuts
2tbsp very strong coffee

Icing
175g butter, softened
350g icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting
2-3tbsp very strong coffee
walnut pieces, to decorate

Preheat the oven to 180, gas mark 4.  Grease and line a deep, round cake tin.
Cream together the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy.  Gradually beat in the eggs.  Sift the flour and add a little to the cake mixture.
Now fold in the remaining flour with the chopped walnuts and coffee.  Spoon into the prepared tin and level the surface.
Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until well-risen and spongy to the touch.  Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn out on to a wire rack.
For the icing, put the butter in a bowl and cream until soft.  Gradually beat in the icing sugar, then the coffee.
Slice the cake horizontally into 3.  Sandwich is back together using 2/3 of the icing.  Spoon the remaining icing over the top.  Decorate with walnuts, dust with icing sugar and serve.