Lubabalo and Jahzara’s Instant Coffee and Blueberry Cake

Lubabalo’s Cake:

170 g plain flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

7 tsp coffee powder/granules

3 medium egg(s)

165 g soft margarine or Clover butter

165 g soft light brown sugar

2 tsp Clover milk

¼ tsp salt

Lubabalo’s Buttercream (Swiss Meringue):

400 g Clover butter

5 Eggs (egg whites)

1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

6 tsp instant coffee powder/granules

3 tsp lukewarm water 

4 Cups of Sugar

Jahzara’s Cake:

265g Self Raising Flour

Pinch Salt

80g Buttermilk

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

4 Large Eggs

185g Softened, Unsalted Clover Butter

80g vegetable Oil

235g Castor sugar

1/2 cup blueberries

Jahzara’s Cream Cheese Frosting:

100g unsalted softened Clover butter

160g cream cheese

560g sifted icing sugar

Jahzara’s Berry Compote:

1 cup blueberries 

1/3 cup sugar

Water

Boil water, sugar and blueberries till thick.

Method:

Lubabalo’s Cake:

1. Mix the margarine/butter with sugar until light and fluffy 
2. Add the eggs and beat until well incorporated, start adding your flour little at a time then add baking powder and the instant coffee. 
3. Lastly add the Milk and the salt

Lubabalo’s Buttercream: 

1. Separate Egg yolks from the egg whites and add sugar 
2. on top of Bain Marie (70°C) beat the egg whites and sugar until sugar dissolves (if you dip finger and rub it should be a rubbery texture) 
3. Once sugar dissolves remove and transfer to mixer, beat on the highest speed (KitchenAid–10), until it starts reaching stiff peaks, once it shows signs of stiff peak start adding your butter until butter is fully dissolved and well mixed – DO NOT OVERMIX 
4. Once the Cream has reached a cream consistency it’s ready 

Jahzara’s Cake:

1. Preheat oven 175°C
2. Grease Baking Pans
3. Sift Flour, add salt and coat blueberries in flour
4. Mix vanilla & buttermilk
5. Cream butter, oil and sugar, until pale
6. Add eggs gradually
7. Scrape side
8. Add the dry on low & Alternate
9. Add buttermilk mixture
10. Scrape and fold batter
11. Distribute batter, level and bake for 26-28 minutes till the skewer comes out clean

Jahzara’s Frosting: 

1. Beat butter and cream cheese till smooth
2. Add icing sugar
3. Dash of vanilla (optional)