The original recipe which is called ' Turkish Coffee Cake ' made me thirlled.. Not only is Turkish (ground) coffee called for but the way how it's made also is so interesting (to me) which are enough for me to give it a try without a second thought !
Anyway,I ended up making it twice !! For the first time, I've done few thing different from the original recipe ..Firstly, I used a ground espresso coffee instead of Turkish coffee (which I have no idea what it is and where to get it from). Secondly, I pressed to firm the base (as not stated in the original recipe) and the last is to assort banana slices into the wet ingredients (as seen in the photos below ).
As for the result, while the espresso did its job quite well (in term of flavor and scent )..though, a consequence of the last two things I mentioned above were unsatisfactory !! The base turned out to be rather crust than cake..and it was quite sweet ( for my standard) anyway, I couldn't easily get over it !
So here the second time come.. this time I still got guts to make a little changes, aparts from a coffee part which I still don't have a real Turkish one, by reducing sugar and replacing some brown sugar for caster sugar ( it's about 3/4 cup with half caster and half brown) ..everything else was done as stated in the original recipe !
And I was more pleased with the result than the first time ,although the base texture is still not like a cake but it's softer than the first one (I thought becasue of no press and no banana to block liquid absorbed to the base) ..and I guess maybe this is the way it should be..
Anyway, the both results I've got forcefully made me rename ths baked good as seen on the title blog...and all in all, I think this recipe give out such an interesting result..so, if you look for something different from a normal coffee cake/bread..just give it a try and who knows.. you might have another baked good to fall for !
Khun BKK Dream..honestly, I can't explain how it tastes...sorry about that ! The best way is to try it yourself ..:) Wish you were around, then I could give some away to you !
Khun Bua..it doesn't matter .. your mum couldn't be happier to have whatever her own daughter makes for her regardless of taste or appearance!! but I'm sure you can easily make it nicer than mine..:)
Khun Kate, I thought about using cocoa powder as well but I prefer a coffee flavor ...guess it could be substituted ..lemme know if you happen to try ! ( Mixing half-half would be a great choice, then you can get mocha version!! :)
glad you liked it & even tried it twice! turkish coffee is basically VERY strong coffee (like the starbucks espresso but much lighter in colour almost beige) and finer than espresso grind - it is powdery. anyway, you can grind the espresso a bit finer or just leave it that way - both are fine. as for the cake, you aren't supposed to press the first layer down as part of the moisture from the middle layer bakes into the first one (which gives the first layer its texture) :) but that is how we learn things...through trials. interesting about the bananas. thanks for trying it and posting about it -- your pictures are great! :))
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I really wonder how it tastes.