NUTELLA CUPCAKES

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These nutella cupcakes are made with my favorite vanilla cupcake recipe, nutella filling and frosted with nutella buttercream.

cake flour baking powder salt granulated sugar canola oil unsalted butter egg vanilla extract sour cream whole milk

Ingredients

CUPCAKES

blanched hazelnuts granulated sugar water

Ingredients

PRALINE

Nutella spread

FILLING & TOPPING

Ingredients

granulated sugar water eggs unsalted butter Nutella spread vanilla fine sea salt

BUTTERCREAM

STEP 1: For the cupcakes, whisk cake flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add oil and butter and beat. Then add egg and vanilla extract and mix.

STEP 2: Add the sour cream and milk. Mix until smooth. Pour into prepared muffin tins about 2/3 full and bake for 16 min at 350F.

STEP 3: Remove from oven and cool for 10 min. Move to a cooling rack and cut a hole in the centers with a knife.

STEP 4: For the praline, ground the hazelnuts and place them in a short bowl or baking sheet. Set aside.

STEP 5: Place sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until dissolved. Pour the sugar over the hazelnuts and stir quickly.

STEP 6: Return the nuts with the sugar to the food processor and pulse until there are no more large chunks.

STEP 7: For the buttercream, swirl sugar and water until sugar is fully immersed. Place saucepan over heat until the sugar dissolves.

STEP 8: Whip egg yolks and slowly drizzle in hot sugar syrup. Mix until pale and fluffy. Add butter, 2 Tbsp at a time, then add Nutella, vanilla and salt.

STEP 9: To assemble, fill cupcake center hole with Nutella. Frost cupcakes with buttercream, drizzle Nutella on top and sprinkle with hazelnut praline.

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