Coffee and Walnut Gateau

This is a gorgeous tasty coffee cake appropriate for any celebration as a dessert.

Ingredients serve 14

800 g chocolate sponge

200 ml coffee liqueur

1000 g coffee buttercream

300 g almond macaroons

300 g toasted crushed walnuts

14 small oblong macarons for decoration

Method

Cut the 30 cm round chocolate sponge in three layer and place the bottom layer on a cake tray. Sprinkle coffee liqueur on each layer. Spread coffee buttercream evenly on bottom sponge layer with macaroon on top. Place another layer infused sponge on top and spread buttercream evenly on the second sponge layer with macaroon on top. Place the last infused layer of sponge on top and cover the cake in buttercream. Wrap the side with toasted crushed walnuts and divide the cake 14 pieces. Pipe a rosette on each slice and place a chocolate dipped macaron on each slice. Pipe a small buttercream shell on each slice and place some crushed walnuts in the middle.

Note: For a stronger coffee flavour, add coffee liqueur to the buttercream.