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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Nutella {Chocolate Hazelnut} Cupcakes

Moms everywhere (that would be ME) are counting down until the first day of school.
It's almost here...
Wahoo!! 

Let's take a break from Back to School shopping and celebrate, shall we?

I think this calls for chocolate. And nutella! I give you...
Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream!


Here are the star ingredients in this recipe...


The coffee creamer adds a touch of hazelnut flavor to the chocolate cupcakes,
and makes them super moist and delicious.

The nutella makes the buttercream out of this world!
Seriously, you will be eating it right out of the bowl. With your fingers.

 Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream
by Bird On A Cake
Yield: 30 cupcakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup hazelnut coffee creamer
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nutella Buttercream
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 1 cup Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread)
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream

Instructions
Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your muffin pans with paper liners. Bring some water to a boil and keep it simmering while you mix the other ingredients.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, hazelnut creamer, oil and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer until combined.

Add 1 cup of the boiling water and carefully stir until it is mixed in. Beat for 1 1/2 minutes with mixer. Pour batter into paper liners, filling each 2/3 full. Bake for 15-17 minutes (until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean). Allow cupcakes to cool on a rack.

Nutella Buttercream

In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and Nutella on low speed. Alternately add sugar and cream; mix until fluffy. If not desired consistency, add more cream one tablespoon at a time. Keep covered.
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Garnish each cupcake with a piece of chocolate hazelnut candy bar.
Enjoy!

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42 comments:

  1. I just pinned and zipped this......can't wait to try it : )

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  2. Absolutely delicious! I LOVE your recipes! :-)

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  3. I meant to make Nutella Cupcakes for months... We absolutely LOVE Nutella back in France!!!

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    1. I have heard that the French love Nutella. How could you not love it?? Hope you make some cupcakes soon! :0)

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  4. This looks amazing! I love nutella!

    Thanks for linking up to our CHQ blog hop last night. Hope we see you again next Tuesday :)

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  5. How good do they look? I reckon I could eat about 100 of them!

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  6. I love that you used the coffee creamer. YUM!!! And Nutella is always awesome. I could go for some of this celebration. :)

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  7. Yum, this looks delicious. A perfect 10 (yes, watching a lot of Olympics these days)!

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  8. Wow - these look amazing! I'm sure they are super delicious - I Love Nutella :)

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  9. These are truly amazingly looking cupcakes
    I'll bet the taste is heavenly :)

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  10. These cupcakes look delicious! Then I scrolled down and saw two of my favorite things, hazelnut creamer and nutella. I was hooked! Thank you for linking up to the Creative Headquarters blog hop! I'm pinning this!! I'm following you on GFC now. Hope to see you next week!
    Barbara @ Chase the Star
    http://chase-thestar.blogspot.com

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  11. these look so amazing! i want one!!!

    Hope you’re having a great Thursday, one day closer to Friday! Drop by nichollvincent.blogspot.com and say hello!

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  12. These cupcakes are beautiful and look so yummy! This recipe will be a new adventure for me!

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  13. YES YES YES - these look so yummy and I can't wait to try!

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  14. These look so good!! I may have to break my promise not to bring Nutella in my house anymore! I am featuring it on my blog today.

    http://www.laughterandgrace.com/fabulous-five-4/

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  15. Loved that you added coffee creamer! What a great idea! I may have to borrow that one! Wonderful cupcakes!

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  16. I featured this today! Come grab a button!
    http://passionateandcreativehomemaking.blogspot.com/2012/08/fantastic-finds-friday-nutella-edition.html

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  17. These look awesome. Can't wait to try them.

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  18. pinned it! Looks AMAZING> I cohost a link party every thursday. Would love for you to share at addhousewife.com :)

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  19. These sound amazing! I'm most definitely making these, and I'm a new follower.

    throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com

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  20. Uh oh, I think I'm in trouble. These look AMAZING! The coffee creamer is genius. Thanks...I think...

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  21. I can't wait to make these. I have once again featured you on my blog.
    http://www.cornerhouseblog.com/2012/08/friday-night-features.html

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  22. very interesting this one is a keeper

    come see what I shared at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

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  23. I think I just drooled on my iPad......pinned

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  24. I'm back to tell you that I'm so happy you added these to the Keep Calm and Link Up party, because they look so good! I'm going to make these for sure!!


    Barbara @ Chase the Star

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  25. I cannot wait to make these, they look amazing. I found your blog via Craft-O-Maniac, so glad I did!

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  26. This sounds amazing!! I would love for you to share this at Mom's Test Meal Mondays! This week is all about kiddos & their favorite after-school snacks but I think the mom's need a favorite after-school snack too & this would be perfect!! :)

    Have a great Monday!

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  27. Looks yummy! Thanks for linking up again to the CHQ blog hop! Happy to already be following you! See ya next week!

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  28. hi. i'm following the "welcome wednesday" blog hop. i would love for you to visit my blog and follow if you like it.

    http://www.blackinkpaperie.blogspot.com

    thanks
    new follower
    bev

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  29. Is there a way to make these using a box mix

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  30. Oh my! Two of my favorite things! Ugh making these for work tomorrow!

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  31. I would like to try these but I've never heard or seen hazelnut coffee creamer over here. If I don't find it, what could I replace it with???
    Bye,
    Marian

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  32. Oh my goodness!! these look delish! pinned to remember for later, thanks so much for sharing!!

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  33. I just made these tonight and they turned out AWESOME!! Thanks so much for the recipe. Even my friend that doesn't like hazelnut/nutella liked them :)

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  34. Hi, i tried these cupcakes and they were a big success. I made a few changes,substituted half the flour with roasted ground hazelnuts and used 'vollkorn' flour. And i put much less sugar both in dough and cream but they were sweet enough. The amount of water seemed way too much and i got a very thin dough first then added more flour and it was fine. Probably because im not used to measuring in cups but grams! Good recipe, i would definitely recommend it (and try hazelnuts inthe dough!!) Greetings from Austria

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    1. even for me the batter was very thin but then they baked into lovely spongy cupcakes :D

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  35. i made them yesterday. really soft and lovely. only change i made was i used less frosting per cupcake :D though my estimate was correct however it would be nice if you could elaborate if you want us to use liquid/powdered creamer :) reading the recipe i thought it to be liquid (solids mixed into liquids) however a newbie might now know.. anyhow they were great!

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