Asked on 8 Nov 2016 by Missie
i tried to make Delias Coffee & Walnut cake with marscaponi. featured in Observer 20 best cakes Oct. 23rd. Turned out like a biscuit ! Looking at other similar chef's recipes they seem to use double the amount of ingredients for the cake tin sizes suggested by your recipe. I have just made a Coffee & Walnut cake using BBC recipe and it looks perfect. Would be grateful if you could advise as I was disappointed that I was too late to give your version of the cake to the person it was intended for
Thank you
Maggie.
Dear Maggie,
Thank you for your post.
We are so disappointed to hear that you have made Delia’s Cake and have not loved it as much as we all do.
The photo in the Observer (which was not taken by us) is very misleading and it doesn’t look like the cake that we all make on a regular basis.
The recipe here on line is also shown in our Delia Online Cookery School so you can see for yourself exactly how Delia’s recipe is supposed to look.
Perfect Cakes: Other Kinds of Sponge Cakes
Delia’s sponge cakes are not like the really deep cakes that you see absolutely everywhere now, but the balance of sponge to filling is perfect. If you follow Delia’s recipe it should look just how it does in the cookery school and the recipe picture here on this site.
Coffee and Walnut Sponge Cake
Kind regards
Lindsey