Chocolate.. Cream Cheese.. Peanut Butter.. Nutella.. 100 extra pounds..

I managed to go to Italy for a month and not catch on to the Nutella craze. They put it in everything there.  No joke.  Okay maybe not their pizza and pasta but you cant walk past a gelato place or a bakery without seeing or smelling Nutella. A year and a half later I go to Jamaica and somehow end up loving Nutella? Makes no sense.
These were made for my sister when she moved into her dorm!


I'll cut right to the delicious chase.


Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes:


Ingredients:
Makes 36 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


Directions:


1. Preheat the oven to 350 and line pan with cupcake liners.
2. In a stand mixer, beat the eggs and sugar until pale and thick.
3. Add in butter & mix.
4. Add in nutella and buttermil until combined.
5. Mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  Add this mixture in in 3 incriments.
6. Divide batter between cupcake liners and bake for 20-25 minutes.


Frosting #1:
Cream Cheese Frosting


Frosting #2:
Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting


Ingredients:


6 ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
4 cups confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Frosting #3:
Nutella Cream Cheese Frosting


Ingredients:

6 ounces cream cheese

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup peanut butter

4 cups confectioners sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Cream together butter and cream cheese in a stand mixture.

2. Slowly incorporated the confectioners sugar and then add the vanilla.

3. For Peanut Butter and Nutella frostings - Add Peanut Butter or Nutella and mix until fluffy.

Icing the cupcakes:

I iced some with cupcakes with each frosting.  

I also mixed the three together.  To do this load a piping bag with no tip with each frosting.  Tie the top of each bag.  (You should have three tipless bags - one with each frosting.)  Put your desired tip into a fourth bag.  Load the three bags into the bag with the tip.  Squeeze frosting onto a paper towel until all three colors are coming out.  Then decorate!

Tip: for a more drastic color differential, add dark brown food coloring to the nutella frosting.

 

Thank God for World Nutella Day