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Coffee essence recipes

Coffee essence is a concentrated form of liquid coffee sold in small bottles in the baking sections of most supermarkets. It’s used as a flavouring for cakes and icing. Camp coffee is a type of instant coffee syrup made from sugar, water, coffee essence and chicory.

Biscotti with hot mocha dipping sauce
by Paul Hollywood

Choose from pistachio and cranberry, hazelnut and date or chocolate and orange biscotti (if you can). Perfect for dipping in a molten mocha sauce.

Cakes and baking

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Easy no-churn ice cream

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Hazelnut dacquoise

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Coffee cake with coffee buttercream, coffee glacé icing and candied walnuts

by James Martin
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Coffee parfait

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Coffee walnut whips

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