Coffee Ring Cake

Ingredients
150 gm butter
150 gm caster sugar
Salt
2 large eggs
1 orange
3 tbsp instant coffee powder
150 gm self-raising flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
50 gm plain chocolate

Icing:
175 gm icing sugar
2 tsp instant coffee powder
1 tsp cocoa
2 tbsp hot water
Vanilla essence


Method
Preheat the oven to 325°F (170°C) gas mark 3. Cream butter with sugar and a pinch of salt till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well.

Grate orange and add rind to bowl. Squeeze orange and mix three tablespoons juice with the instant coffee. Sift flour and cinnamon and mix into the creamed mixture alternately with the orange/coffee mixture. Grate chocolate and fold in.

Spoon mixture into greased 22cm ring mould. Bake for 40-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

To make the icing, sift icing sugar into bowl. Dissolve coffee and cocoa in hot water, then add to icing sugar with a few drops of vanilla essence and mix well.

Pour over cooled cake and smooth surface with a knife.