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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Breads and Cakes » Torta De Café (coffee Flavored Cake)

    Torta de Café (Coffee Flavored Cake)

    Feb 27, 2023 by Erica Dinho · 26 Comments

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    This Coffee Flavored Cake is delicious and simple. If you are looking for an easy cake to make for a birthday party or celebration, this recipe is for you.

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    For most Colombians, no day begins without coffee (cafecito), while no meal ends without it, and it’s offered to guests any time of the day. We drink it black or with milk, the latter we call 'café con leche'. I can’t imagine starting a day without coffee! I love just about any food and drink with coffee flavor.

    Considering how much I love coffee, I'm surprised that I’ve not posted a recipe for this cake until now. Finally, I've made my own version of mamita’s Torta de Café (coffee flavored cake) and it is absolutely delicious!

    In Colombia, we often use coffee to make traditional desserts, cocktails, cakes and savory dishes.

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    This Torta de Café (Coffee Flavored Cake) was one of a variety of regular desserts that were served at my grandma’s house on Sunday afternoons and holidays. You could usually count on one of the following desserts: arroz con leche, plátanos calados, brevas caladas, torta negra, or this Torta de Café, among a few others.

    I topped and filled this coffee flavored cake with a frosting made with cream, instant coffee and shaved chocolate, which worked out very well. If you adore coffee as much as I do, then you’re going to love this cake!

    What you Need to Make this Coffee Flavored Cake

    You will will find the printable recipe card with exact ingredients amounts and directions below.

    Flour: You need all purpose flour to make this cake.

    Baking powder: Be sure the baking powder is fresh to ensure the cake rises.

    Milk: I recommend using whole milk for this recipe.

    Butter: I recommend using unsalted butter and leave it at room temperature for a while.

    Eggs: at room temperature

    Vanilla extract: Use a good quality vanilla extract. You will need it for the cake and the frosting.

    Sugar: Granulated Sugar.

    Coffee: Use a good quality strong coffee for this recipe.

    Frosting: Heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, instant coffee, grated sweet chocolate.

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    Torta de Café Recipe (Coffee Flavored Cake)

    Erica Dinho
    5 from 25 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 8 servings
    Calories 933 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    Cake

    • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • ½ cup of whole milk
    • 8 oz 2 sticks of butter
    • 3 eggs at room temperature
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 2 ¼ cups sugar
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup of VERY strong coffee

    Frosting

    • 2 cups very cold heavy cream
    • 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 2 tablespoons Instant Coffee
    • 1 cup grated or shave sweet chocolate divided

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350° F.
    • Grease and lightly flour 2 (9-inch) round cake dishes.
    • In a bowl whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.
    • In a small pot heat the milk and butter, remove from the heat and set aside.
    • In a large bowl beat the eggs with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Add the sugar and continue mixing for 5 minutes more. Reduce the speed to low. Add the flour mixture, butter mixture, coffee and vanilla extract and mix for 1 more minute.
    • Pour the batter into two baking dishes and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 10 min. Invert cakes onto wire racks, gently remove pans. Cool the cakes completely.
    • In a large bowl the heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla, instant coffee and 6 tablespoons of shaved chocolate. Beat until the cream holds soft peaks.
    • Place one cake layer on a serving plate, spreading ½ of the frosting on top, place the other cake layer on top and spread the top with remaining frosting.
    • Add the remaining shaved chocolate on top of the cake. Eat immediately or keep frosted cake refrigerated until ready to eat.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 933kcalCarbohydrates: 106gProtein: 10gFat: 55gSaturated Fat: 34gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 193mgSodium: 484mgPotassium: 337mgFiber: 3gSugar: 67gVitamin A: 1708IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 155mgIron: 4mg
    Keyword Cake, coffee recipe
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    This coffee flavored cake is perfect for the coffee lover in your life. This is one of those feel-good desserts that makes you feel warm and cozy inside, proving that food doesn’t have to be fancy to be good. I hope you enjoy my grandmother’s Torta de Café!

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    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Comments

    1. grace

      November 30, 2015 at 11:18 am

      5 stars
      your cake looks so moist and its crumb is so perfect that it probably doesn't even need frosting! glad it's there though .:)

      Reply
    2. Evelyne@cheapethniceatz

      December 02, 2015 at 2:01 pm

      5 stars
      Wow look really good Erica!

      Reply
    3. Lili

      December 21, 2015 at 5:10 pm

      5 stars
      I made it yesterday and it was very good!

      Reply
    4. Phil

      February 10, 2016 at 12:33 am

      5 stars
      Mine turned out delicious, but HEAVY and sort of wet...

      Reply
    5. Mandy

      April 18, 2016 at 2:08 am

      5 stars
      I have just made this. It is such an easy recipe that I wasn't expecting it to be as nice as it was. In fact, My husband claims it is the best cake I have ever made. This recipe is a keeper...thank you for posting.

      Reply
    6. Tonya

      September 05, 2016 at 9:15 pm

      5 stars
      I made this today for my mothers birthday. Tiramisu is one of her favorite desserts and this was a great replacement. Much easier to make then tiramisu. Both elements are great on their own but the deeply layered favors of the frosting together with this moist cake, it was delicious!

      Reply
    7. Mary

      September 17, 2016 at 9:10 pm

      5 stars
      My son wanted a coffee flavored cake for his birthday but I couldn't find what I wanted; most recipes were too chocolatey. Then I happened upon your site and this cake. It was exactly what I was looking for and it came out great. This is a beautiful, elegant cake and the flavors are just wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing!

      Reply
    8. Anonymous

      July 10, 2018 at 10:03 am

      5 stars
      Is it hot coffee? Or room temp?

      Reply
      • Erica Dinho

        July 13, 2018 at 4:42 pm

        5 stars
        Room temp.

        Reply
    9. June

      July 10, 2018 at 10:06 am

      5 stars
      Hi! I would like to make this today. Is the coffee at room temperature? Or hot? What about the butter and milk mixture? Cool temp? Or hot? Sorry lots of questions.

      Reply
    10. June

      July 14, 2018 at 2:45 pm

      5 stars
      I made the cake and turned out sooo good! The cake is so moist and rich in coffee flavor. This would be my go to coffee flavored cake from now on. Thank you so much!

      Reply
    11. SheMo

      March 25, 2019 at 3:04 pm

      5 stars
      JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR!!
      I lost a recipe for a cake similar to this one & have been trying to find another one ever since!! It's been Years!! This cake is Absolutely Delicious & maybe even better than my lost recipe!!
      I made a few minor changes. I added 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans to the cake batter after dividing the batter up into the 2 pans. Additionally, I didn't have 7 oz of Chocolate, so I used 3 oz. Since I was after a more coffee- flavored cake than a chocolate- flavored one, I thought it was Great the way it turned out!!
      Both my husband & I LOVE this cake even if it Is so Rich!! I'll have to refrain from indulging in it too often!!

      Reply
    12. Jeanie

      April 14, 2019 at 10:37 pm

      5 stars
      Do we use black coffee or coffee with milk and sugar?

      Reply
      • Erica Dinho

        April 17, 2019 at 11:26 am

        5 stars
        Black coffee

        Reply
    13. a

      July 14, 2019 at 6:28 am

      5 stars
      did u use raw coffee or coffee and water

      Reply
    14. LeCase COFFEE

      October 17, 2019 at 9:18 pm

      5 stars
      Looks sounds good. Thank you for sharing the recipe on how to do the torta de cafe coffee flavored cake. This is great.

      Reply
    15. Mo

      October 25, 2019 at 7:13 pm

      5 stars
      Just had the Last piece of one I made last night & it was Wonderful! I plan to make another for the Holidays. BTW, I added some ground pecans to the batter & cut back some on the chocolate in the topping....

      Reply
    16. chickrandi

      November 10, 2019 at 11:48 am

      5 stars
      Wow! Great cake and easy to make! Thanks so much for the recipe.

      Reply
    17. SOUMI BANDYOPADHYAY

      December 05, 2019 at 8:22 am

      5 stars
      Hi!

      I like your recipe as it is so simple.
      However, I have a question. You said 1 cup coffee. Is it one cup of coffee powder or a cup or brewed coffee?

      Looking forward to your reply.

      Reply
      • chickrandi

        December 07, 2019 at 5:12 pm

        5 stars
        I’m not the expert here but I used one cup of strongly brewed coffee in the cake and a coffee powder for the icing. It turned out perfect! I’m making this for the third time now. My husband keeps requesting it 🙂

        Reply
        • Soumi Bandyopadhyay

          December 17, 2019 at 2:24 am

          5 stars
          Thanks a ton! It worked beautifully

          Reply
    18. Britni

      December 14, 2019 at 10:51 am

      5 stars
      I never write reviews, but I must say, I come back to this recipe every single year. My partner calls this his “birthday cake” and always requests it. Now that we have a kid running around, it can be a lot of work, but I will continue to make this for every one of his birthdays and other special occasions throughout the years. I am not much of a baker, but this recipe is easy to follow as well!
      I use bustelo in the percolator for the extra strong coffee and instant vanilla coffee for the icing. I also think I put way more chocolate than called for into the icing haha. But this cake has a really great and rich coffee flavor. yum!

      Reply
    19. Lani

      April 28, 2020 at 1:31 am

      5 stars
      Hi ! I just want to ask if I can turn this wonderful cake of yours into cupcakes? Any suggestions for the oven temperature and baking time? Thanks in advance.

      Reply
    20. Angela

      June 20, 2020 at 7:17 pm

      5 stars
      Hola Erica!
      I’m so happy I finally found a real recipe for a torta de café Colombiana. My husband loved it!!!
      I followed your recipe, but changed the Coffee frosting, and used a vanilla flavored instead, and topped it off with walnuts to add that crunchiness.
      Thanks so much for posting this recipe. I hope you keep posting more!

      Reply
    21. Karen

      March 24, 2021 at 2:26 pm

      5 stars
      I just took it out of the oven and haven’t tried it yet, but it smells wonderful! I was concerned that the batter was very thin and runny though.

      Reply
    22. Rebecca

      July 31, 2021 at 2:07 pm

      Oh my gosh!!! Really good cake. This recipe needs to be all over the internet. Thank you for sharing

      Reply

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