250g soft butter

½ cup castor sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 level tbsp good quality Coffee

½ cup roughly chopped chocolate

½ cup sliced almonds

½ cups cake flour

In a large bowl, with an electric beater or handheld whisk, cream the butter and castor sugar until smooth and pale. Add the eggs, vanilla essence and coffee and mix well. Add in the nuts and flour a half a cup at a time and mix with a spoon or by hand to make a soft smooth dough.