Coffee Walnut Cupcakes Recipe - A Coffee flavoured cupcake decorated with coffee Glace icing and walnuts

Ingredients


For the cupcakes

• 4 teasp Instant Coffee granules
• Boiling Water
• 50g/2oz Self Raising Flour
• 50g/2oz Margarine
• 50g/2oz Caster Sugar
• 1 Egg, beaten

For the topping ( Icing frosting)

• 50g/2oz Icing Sugar (confectioners)
• ½ - 1 teasp Instant Coffee
• 2 teasp Boiling Water
• 9 Walnut Halves

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 190C, 375F, Gas mark 5 and place 6 paper fairy cake cases on a baking tray, evenly spaced apart.
• Mix the coffee with just enough boiling water to dissolve then place in a large mixing bowl together with the remaining cupcake ingredients and beat with a wooden spoon until well blended. 
• Place 1 tablespoon of the mixture in each paper case, smooth the tops, then bake towards the top of the oven for 12-15 minutes, until well-risen, golden and firm to the touch. Cool on wire racks.
• Cut the walnut halves in half so you have 18 quarters.  Set aside.
• Once the cupcakes and cold, mix the instant coffee with the hot water in a small bowl and stir to dissolve then add the icing sugar  and beat together until well blended and smooth.
• Place a teaspoon of the glacé icing over the top of each cupcake, immediately press  3 pieces of walnut into the icing then allow to set  before serving.

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