Louisiana Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1/3 cup cold coffee
1/3 cup whipping cream
2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Topping
2 cups frosting (of your choice or use Coffee Buttercream Frosting)
1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons orange peel, freshly grated

Preparation

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl.
Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Dissolve coffee powder in cold coffee; stir into butter mixture.
Add whipping cream; stir well until smooth.
Set aside.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; sift again.
Fold flour mixture into butter mixture.
Pour into 2 floured and greased 9\" cake pans.
Bake until wooden pick inserted in centers is with-drawn clean, 20-25 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
Place 1 cake layer on serving plate.
Spread top with 1 cup of frosting.
Top with remaining layer.
Spread top of cake with 1 cup of frosting.
Sprinkle pecans and orange peel over frosting.