Muffin-Cake

One of the many repairs that are on hold due to the recession budget is the oven. The range works fine, well 3 of 4 burners at least, but the oven has ceased to cook anything. There's a chance that my mother will be donating her old stove, but in the mean time we are praising the invention of the toaster-oven.

This of course, is irritating to someone who enjoys cooking. But I'm determined to not let it be more than a minor set back. So today, when I realized that the muffin pan did not, in fact fit in the toaster oven- I decided to make a muffin cake. The result was pretty delicious, kind of coffee-cake like and really easy. I've provided a recipe for you below:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/s teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tblspn vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup crushed walnuts

Mix the dry ingredients other than walnuts in a medium size mixing bowl. Then, mix the wet in a separate bowl. Pour the wet into the dry, all at once, while stirring. Now mix in the walnuts. Spread the VERY thick batter into a greased cake pan, and bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. At the ten minute mark, add the topping below:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup softened (not melted) butter
Mix with a fork until crumbly (like a strudel topping)

Bake for about 5 more minutes.

Enjoy!