Made two cupcake recipes over the weekend for my nephew's birthday party... Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream and Cream Cheese Marble Frosting and Banana Split Chocolate Chip Sundae Cupcakes...
First the Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream and Cream Cheese Marble Frosting (Try saying that 10x fast... lol)
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| Marble swirl with the Nutella Buttercream and Cream Cheese Frosting |
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| This is them with just the Nutella Buttercream Icing |
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For the Cupcakes:
2/3 cup Nutella
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
Line 3 dozen muffin cups with cupcake liners or grease using non-stick spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350F.
Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar for 5 minutes, until it is
pale and thick. Add in the butter. Mix until combined. Add in the
nutella. Now, add in the buttermilk. Beat until well incorporated.
Add the flour mixture in 3 increments and beat until smooth. Divide
batter into the cupcake tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a
toothpick comes out clean. Do not over-bake. Remove from oven and let
cool completely before frosting.
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
5 tablespoons butter, softened to room temperature
1 pound powdered sugar (about 3 3/4 cups), sifted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Cream the butter and cream cheese in the large mixing bowl of a stand
mixture. Add the vanilla. Slowly incorporate the powdered sugar as you
continue to cream. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat on high speed
until fluffy and smooth, adding milk or additional sugar (if needed) to
reach desired consistency.
Nutella Buttercream
1/2 C butter, room temperature
1 C Nutella
1 C powdered sugar, sifted
1-2 T milk
Beat butter until smooth. Add Nutella and beat together until
thoroughly combined. Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing until combined.
Add 1 tablespoon of milk. Add additional milk or powdered sugar as
needed to reach desired consistency.
Then next is the Banana Split Chocolate Chip Sundae Cupcakes...
For the cupcakes:
1 package (18-1/4 ounces) yellow cake mix, divided
1 cup water
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
3 eggs
1 cup chopped drained maraschino cherries
1‑1/2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 30 standard (2-1/2-inch) muffin pan cups with paper baking cups.
Reserve 2 tablespoons cake mix. Combine remaining cake mix, water, bananas and eggs in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer at low speed about 30 seconds or until moistened. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Combine chopped cherries and reserved cake mix in small bowl. Stir chopped cherry mixture and 1 cup chocolate chips into batter.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes to racks; cool completely.
Marshmallow Cream Frosting:
Ingredients
7 ounces marshmallow cream
1/2 cup butter softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons milk
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. I beat this for several minutes.
For the hot fudge part I just put 1/2 cup of semisweet chocolate chips and a quarter cup of heavy whipping cream in a double broiler. Cook until completely melted.. Let cool until it's room temperatute and add about half a teaspoon of the mixture on top of the marshmallow icing... Then top with a candied cherry so it looks like an actual sundae...
The final product of the 2 cupcakes combined in the box.. People had a hard time believing that I cooked both of these with my two hands... Kind of feel like I outdid myself.. lol
Ok well until next time... Thinking I might make those car bomb cupcakes and banana pudding with nutella buttercream icing for that grill off in June... We will see...
