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Tin Goose Café's coffee walnut muffins
250g butter
¾ cup sugar
4 eggs
4 Tbsp coffee
about 1 cup milk to mix
4 cups self-raising flour
1 cup walnuts
1 tsp vanilla essence
For topping:
1 Tbsp coffee
2 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp walnuts
Method
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, coffee and vanilla. Add self-raising flour and milk and mix to a sticky consistency. Add walnuts. Place in 8 large Texas muffin tins.
Mix topping ingredients together and place on top of muffins.
Bake in 180degC oven until cooked.
Sprinkle with icing sugar.
Requested by Julia Smith of Alexandra.
Jeanie Watson of the Tin Goose Café in Alexandra has supplied this recipe.
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