Portuguese Coffee Buttercake
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons instant coffee
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups butter
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Beat butter in mixer bowl until smooth.
- Beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Beat in flour and salt just until combined.
- Spread 13 cup batter evenly on each inverted cake pan to within 1/4 inch of edge.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned around edges.
- With long, thin metal spatula, loosen each wafer and transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- Repeat on buttered, floured pans with remaining batter to make a total of 12 wafers.
- Coffee buttercream: Heat milk in medium saucepan over medium heat just to boiling.
- Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks and sugar together in medium bowl.
- Gradually whisk in hot milk.
- Return mixture to saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, over medium-low heat until mixture thickens and coats back of spoon, about 6 minutes.
- Strain through sieve into mixer bowl.
- Stir in coffee powder and vanilla.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Beat in 2 cups butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition.
- To assemble, place 1 cake wafer on serving platter.
- Spread evenly with 13 cup buttercream.
- Add second wafer and 13 cup more buttercream; repeat with remaining wafers and buttercream, ending with wafer.
- Pipe remaining buttercream decoratively on top.
- Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before serving.
butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt, milk, egg yolks, sugar, instant coffee, vanilla, butter
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/portuguese-coffee-buttercake-46327 (may not work)