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Simple Nutella Chocolate Cupcakes are moist, rich and topped with creamy Nutella frosting. The classic combination of chocolate and hazlenut makes these cupcakes taste like heaven!
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Cupcakes:
- Dry ingredients:
- 1 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/8 cup cocoa powder
- Wet ingredients:
- 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup buttermilk ( if you don’t have buttermilk you can use milk instead , just add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar into 1 cup of milk and set aside for 5 minutes before using)
- 1 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
For the frosting:
- 4oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup ( 1 stick) butter softened
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cup (or more) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and line your cupcake pans with liners.
- In a large bowl mixed together dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder)
- Add wet ingredients (oil, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla extract) and mix on medium speed about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in boiling water and mixed well.
- Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean (it takes about 15-20 minutes)
- Let the cupcakes to cool completely
- To make the frosting, mix the butter and cream cheese until it’s fluffy.
- Add Nutella and vanilla and mix well.
- Add powdered sugar and mix on high speed until it become smooth
- Pipe on the cooled cupcakes.