Coffee Cake

This is an old family recipe, my Grandmother made this recipe and  it has been passed down. I love this coffee cake and this is one of my and my families favourite recipes.

For the cake:
8oz softened butter
8oz caster sugar
8oz flour
4 eggs
2 tbs coffee essence e.g. camp or irel

For the icing:
10oz icing sugar
5oz softened butter
1 tbs coffee essence

• Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F, Gas mark3.) Grease and line two 20cm round cake tins.
• Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• Add flour and eggs mix until smooth, pour the coffee essence into the mixture.
• Put the mixture into the cake tins and bake for 30 minutes or untill a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• While the cakes are in the oven make the buttercream icing, place the butter in a bowl and mix in th icing sugar and coffee essence.
• Take the cakes out of the oven and leave the cakes to cool completely.
• Spread half of the icing on one cake, sandwich the other cake on top and spread the rest of the icing on top.