How to make moist coffee cake step by step

Step 1 - preparations

• Transfer the butter to a saucepan and start heating it.
  170 g butter
  
• Once it has completely melted, continue heating it for a moment until you see small brown specks in it. Then remove the saucepan from the stove and set the butter aside to cool.
  
• Mix together the flour and baking powder.
  300 g flour - all-purpose, 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Prepare a baking pan - line it with baking paper or grease it with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs or flour.
• Preheat the oven to 180℃ (top/bottom heat mode) or 170℃ (fan-forced).

Step 2 - preparing the cake batter

• Beat the eggs together with sugar on high speed with a mixer until they are nicely fluffy - I beat for about 3 minutes.
  3 eggs, 200 g sugar
  
• Slowly add the cooled butter to the eggs and mix together on low speed.
  
• Add about half of the flour with baking powder to the bowl and mix on low speed.
  
• Add buttermilk and mix briefly
  240 ml buttermilk
  
• Add the rest of the flour and mix briefly - stop mixing when there are still traces of flour visible on the sides.
  
• Then just mix the batter with a spoon.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
  

Step 3 - baking the cake

• Place the pan with the cake on the middle rack, or slightly below, and bake for about 30 minutes - until a dry skewer comes out clean.
• After baking, set the cake aside to cool.

Step 4 - soaking the cake with coffee

• Mix the hot coffee with the condensed milk; once well combined, pour in the regular milk and stir.
  60 ml espresso, 80 ml condensed milk, 80 ml milk
  
• Prick the cake in the pan densely with a skewer - e.g., a kebab skewer.
  
• Pour the coffee fairly evenly over the top of the cake, lightly spreading it.
  

Step 5 - preparing coffee mascarpone cream

• Transfer the mascarpone to a bowl, add condensed milk and dissolved coffee - mix until combined. If you prefer a sweeter cream, you can add more condensed milk.
  250 g mascarpone cheese, 2 tablespoons condensed milk, 1 tablespoon instant coffee
  
• Spread the cream over the cake and smooth it into an even layer.
  
• Finally, you can additionally sprinkle the top of the cake with instant coffee powder or cocoa.