Good morning! Wake up! You have your coffee and probably some super healthy bland breakfast in front of you and you’ll looking at these photos and drooling, right? Ok let’s change that.
You know I support cake for breakfast every so often, and I think I recently discovered the perfect one. I made a simple light vanilla cake (you could even do a box mix), but the best part was the strong coffee flavored frosting that I quickly whipped up and slathered all over it.
This sponge-like cake pairs so well with the sweet creamy cream cheese frosting and delicious coffee flavor. I’d also love this frosting on chocolate cupcakes or a hazelnut pound cake. So someone should try those and get back to me!
Of course it wasn’t beyond me to to pair it with even more coffee and curl up on my couch on a weekend morning with the two in hand. JCrew Saturday pants + a stack of magazines + this cake + big mug of coffee + a cozy throw + West Wing + hilarious group texts about the night before. Sounds perfect.
Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting
Ok, let’s see if I can remember how I made this frosting. Something like this…
In a bowl of an electric mixer, beat 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter and 8 oz (1 block) cream cheese. In a separate small bowl, dissolve some instant coffee or espresso in a little bit of water. I would say I used about a tablespoon and a half of water and about two teaspoon of instant French roast. It all depends on how strong you want your coffee flavor. Beat in the coffee mix and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Finally, incorporate about 2 cups of confectioner’s sugar to complete your frosting. Spread on a cooled cake and enjoy with more coffee.
oh my goodness- thank you for bringing this into my life. :)
Nikki…stop this! lol. Dang it.
Omg….I have to make this icing!!! I can just tell this will be my favorite dessert *Cough* Breakfast *Cough I ever eat!!! =)
Simple too?!?!?!!! =) Thank you for sharing!!
That looks absolutely delicious!!
Nora
I’d take a piece of this cake over my oatmeal ANY DAY! Frosting is my favorite part of cake, so I’m loving the thick top layer. I’m really wishing that I could take a spoon to some of that frosting right this second!
Oh my word. This is to die for!
Alyssa
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oh my god… stop it! how are you not fat? looks SO good.
oh my… this looks much more appealing than my oatmeal right now..
& Pretty Things
Thanks! This looks amazing, and SO simple!
Delicious! You truly are cupcakes for breakfast, I love it! :) Hey congrats on the new job by the way!! I was just catching up on your blog posts and noticed the new job. How exciting, I can’t wait to hear more about it! I am guessing it is still in DC, right? Of course, I’d welcome you to the West Coast any day if it were here. Happy Thursday!
{ Ellies Wonder }
yum! looks delicious!
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