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Whenever I stop at a Starbucks for a hot cup of coffee, I always make it a point to indulge in their sweet and soft marble cake! I just love the flavor and the taste that blends so well with my mocha. So when I found this Mocha-Banana bread recipe at Amy's blog, I couldn't resist to try out a variation myself. I skipped the bananas, and instead added hazelnut, coffee and nuts. I also changed the sugar and butter contents to make my bread a little more sweet and soft (just the way I like it!). Hope you find my Hazelnut-Mocha-Nut Bread recipe to be as tasty as any other Coffee Cake!!
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter-softened
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp instant hazelnut coffee powder (or use 2 tsp hazelnut essence)
1/2 cup walnuts and pecans - chopped
Cooking spray
Method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use a sieve and pass the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder through this and combine all 3 in a medium bowl. Add salt, and break any lumps with your fingers.
In another bowl combine the sugar and butter, beating with a mixer or a wooden spatual until well creamed (about 2-3 mins). Add eggs and beat well. Add the vanilla and the hazelnut flavored coffee and beat again. finally add the flour mixture, stir in the chopped walnuts and pecans and combine and beat until you can see stiff peaks. Do not add milk or water. Spoon the batter into a small greased loaf pan (preferably square or rectangular so it's easy to slice the bread later).
Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow it to cool completely after done. Do not try to slice while hot otherwise the bread will crumble and you won't get clean slices.
Cut into thin cake-like slices and enjoy with a sizzling hot cup of coffee or tea!! Who needs coffee cake anymore??!! This will serve to be a perfect accompaniment to your tea-time parties.
