Nutella Cupcake

Recipe from http://www.handletheheat.com/

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 sticks (10 tbsp) butter, soften (1 stick = 113.5g or 4oz (1/2 block)
1 cup sugar (I reduced it to 2/3)
3 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 whole milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 18 muffin cups with liners. (I used paper cups. Make around 12 cupcakes). Sifted cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Beat butter with mixer until soft and creamy. Add he sugar and beat for another 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in vanilla.

Using low speed, add dry ingredient alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredient. Mix only enough to become incorporated.

Spoon batter into muffin cup until 2/3 full.

Bake 15-17 minutes. (since I used papercups, I need to increase the time by 7 minutes for it to cook)


Nutella Frosting
3/4 cup butter, soften.
1/2 cup Nutella
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar

Beat butter and Nutella together. Add in remaining ingredient and beat on low speed until powdered sugar is incorporated. Increase speed to medium high until frosting is smooth and stable.


Fresh from oven!

Frosted and Non-frosted.