So the best thing about not having anything to do, is the time to make cupcakes. I've never been a huge fan of Nutella but I sure was pleased to try out making the cupcakes and boy are they tasty. I still kind of need to work on my icing but I'm sure I'll get round to that eventually!
What you need to realise first is that there isn't any actual Nutella in the cupcake batter. You can scoop into the cupcake and fill it with nutella, and then ice it with nutella icing. However, the chocolate cupcake recipe is beautiful and I adapted it from Ali at Gimmesomeoven. However, I took the icing recipe from Karen at Kitchentreaty and was a little more generous with the nutella.
Nutella Cupcake Recipe
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup softened butter (about 125g butter, half of a 250g block)
- 1 1/2 cups fine brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup coffee (any coffee will do, I used the instant powdered type which was quick!)
- 1 jar nutella
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees celcius and line the cupcake tray with cupcake liners
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time
- In a separate bowl, sift flour, cocoa and baking powder. In another bowl, stir the milk with the coffee.
- While mixing, add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and alternate with the milk mixture until a smooth batter is formed
- Using two spoons or an icing pipe, fill the cupcake liners with batter until 3/4 full
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean
- Let cupcakes cool. Once cool, cut a circle on the top of the cake to pull out the top (think of it like a hat). Fill it with nutella and replace the top of the cake.
Nutella Frosting
- 1 cup butter, softened (250g)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup nutella
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
In a large bowl, whip butter and 1 cup of sugar. Add nutella, vanilla, salt and cream and whip with remaining 1 cup of sugar. If the icing is too soft, add more sugar. (I decided to have it soft as I didn't want my icing too sweet)
They're really good, seriously.
