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Recipe

Frosted cupcake with Nutella®

Frosted cupcake recipes don’t get sweeter than this! Enjoy a fluffy base topped with Nutella® for a creamy, chocolatey finish.

Hard
1 h 20 min
By the Nutella® Team
Chocolate cupcakes with swirled frosting and Nutella filling on platter.

INGREDIENTS for 12 portions

For the dough
  • 150 g Butter (at room temperature)

  • 150 g Sugar

  • 2 Eggs

  • 200 g Flour

  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder

  • 150 ml Milk

  • 250 g Powdered sugar

  • 125 g Fresh cheese

  • ½ Teaspoon of vanilla extract

For the decoration
  • Berries for the decoration

  • Nutella® for the garnish (15 g/portion)

nutella – an ingredient to prepare this delicious recipe

To prepare this delicious recipe, 15g of Nutella® per person is enough to enjoy!

METHOD

  1. Piping frosting on cupcakes before adding Nutella filling, recipe step one.
    STEP 1

    Beat 150 g of sugar with the same quantity of butter and a little lemon zest until foamy.

  2. Filling cupcake centers with Nutella prior to frosting, recipe step two.
    STEP 2

    Add 2 eggs and mix well.

  3. Applying final Nutella swirl atop frosted cupcakes, recipe step three.
    STEP 3

    Add 200 g of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract and 150 ml of milk and stir the ingredients to form a smooth dough.

  4. Sprinkling chocolate shavings over Nutella-frosted cupcakes, recipe step four.
    STEP 4

    Put 2 big spoons of dough in each cupcake mould and bake at 160°C for 20 minutes.

  5. Packaging cupcakes into boxes after adding Nutella swirls, recipe step five.
    STEP 5

    Whip 125 g of fresh cheese and 250 g of powdered sugar and spread the frosting on the cupcakes. Garnish with Nutella® and serve on a plate with as many berries as you please.

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What is better than a cupcake with frosting? Only a perfect cupcake with frosting and Nutella ®, of course!

Sustainable palm oil in Nutella
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Sustainable cocoa in Nutella
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