Nutella cupcakes recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g softened butter
• 2.5 ml vanilla paste or 5 ml vanilla essence
• 115 g castor sugar
• 2 extra large eggs
• 160 g self-raising flour
• 30 ml milk

• 250 ml cream
• 400 g dark chocolate, broken into small chunks
• 100 g Nutella

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper cases.
To make the Cupcakes Batter
2. Place all the ingredients into a cake mixer and beat until soft and fluffy. Spoon the batter into the paper cases.
Baking
3. Bake for 12–15 minutes or until a metal skewer inserted into the centre of a cupcake comes out clean. While the cupcakes are baking, make the icing.
To make the Chocolate Ganache Icing
4. Place the cream in a small saucepan over low heat and scald (heat until just before boiling). Add the chocolate chunks, stir until the chocolate has melted and you have a smooth ganache. Set aside to cool completely.
Assembling the Cupcakes
5. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Using a small serrated knife, cut a nest out of each cupcake. Soften the Nutella slightly in the microwave and spoon into the nests, and then ice the cupcakes with chocolate ganache.