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22 recipes | ferrero rocher nutella cupcakes

Ferrero Rocher Nutella Cupcakes by Lick the Bowl Good

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I don’t know if these technically count as cupcakes, because they don’t have the traditional buttercream/cream cheese frosting. Either way, cupcakes and I have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes they turn out beautifully; other times, they stress me out to no end. But I love that these cupcakes turned out wonderfully with no stress at all. The chocolate cupcakes came together easily and the “frosting” was so easy to put together.

Plus, the thought of Nutella AND Ferrero Rocher together for this Nutella-loving girl was too good to pass up.

Interestingly, the chocolate cupcake recipe for this uses chocolate syrup instead of cocoa powder as most other chocolate recipes do. However,  this cupcake base didn’t impress me – it was a little dry and wasn’t one of the better chocolate cake recipes that I’ve tried. But the combination of Nutella and Ferrero Rocher more than made up for the lack of flavor that the chocolate base was.

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How do you resist such layered goodness of chocolate cake, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher?

We ate a couple, and I stored the leftover cupcakes in the fridge. I suppose there’s no reason not to store them outside. But I decided against that in the end, because of how humid things get around here, and because I wanted to ensure that the Ferrero Rocher remained crisp. So the refrigerator it was. Or you could always store them in an airtight container. Problem solved.

2 down, 20 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

Adelia Makes no. 011 // salted caramel chocolate cupcakes

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Salted Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes by Annie’s Eats

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As I’ve mentioned before, Adelia can be pretty ambitious. In a totally I-can-do-this-because-I-put-my-mind-to-it sort of way (which is good!). While I, on the other hand, much prefer to well, take things easy sometimes.

So while I’ve made several cupcake recipes in my life, Adelia decided to tackle this salted caramel chocolate cupcake recipe all by herself, for her very first cupcake recipe attempt. For that, I have to give her major props because I most certainly wouldn’t have picked this slightly complex recipe. But because she’s determined like that, she did.

This cupcake has a filled center that oozes caramel when you bite into it. But piping it in takes a little bit of work, especially if you don’t have a pastry bag (which we didn’t). Adelia tried using a regular disposable plastic piping bag. But with hot caramel and all, things got a little messy. So the pastry bag is mucho importante. She eventually settled on just using the cone method – using a knife to cut out some of the cupcake, adding some of the caramel, and then putting the cone back on top. This method was much better and much less time-consuming. Sometimes, you gotta improvise to make things work.

In addition to the caramel filling, this chocolatey cupcake had a Swiss Meringue buttercream, which is more buttery than the usual American buttercream. The butter taste isn’t as strong if you stick it in the refrigerator, but then your caramel filling hardens up. So it’s a little bit of a dilemma. But it’s probably best to store it in the fridge, then take it out to room temperature for a bit before eating.

Adelia made a mini version of these instead of using regular-sized cupcakes. And personally, I think the mini-size was just right – a perfect amount of goodness without making you feel (too) guilty.

Overall, the salty caramel + buttercream + chocolate cake made for a pretty tasty combination.

Until next time!

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Adelia Makes is a blog series featuring my very own little sister and all the fun things she makes. Read more about Adelia Makes here.

21 recipes // chocolate cupcakes with creamy nutella frosting

Chocolate Cupcakes with Creamy Nutella Frosting by Sally’s Baking Addiction

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This recipe was part of the search for the perfect Father’s Day recipe. But it seems like I’ve been a little out of my element for baking lately, because the Nutella frosting for this batch of cupcakes didn’t quite turn out and hold together like how I’d expected it to.

Since I’m writing this about two weeks after Father’s Day, I don’t quite remember what I did wrong that turned this frosting upside down. (I should’ve written it down, I know.) It might’ve been me sticking the frosting in the refrigerator and coming back to frost the cupcakes later. Or maybe I added too much icing sugar in an attempt to fix it, but it didn’t end up quite as smooth as I would’ve liked in the end.

In any case, I eventually settled for a good ol’ brownie recipe for Father’s Day, instead of stressing myself out with trying to master a new recipe within the week. Looks like I haven’t had too much success with cupcake recipes lately. But to be sure, I’m going to keep trying them until I nail at least a couple of pretty (and edible) ones! (;

17 down, 4 to go.

P.S. If you try this recipe and have better luck with it than I did, let me know how it turns out!

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The 21 recipes are part of my 21 list, a list of 21 things I’m working to accomplish during my twenty-first year. Check out my other 21 recipes here.

21 recipes // chocolate cheesecake cupcakes

Determined to find the perfect Father’s Day cupcake recipe, I set out to find the recipe that would help me successfully bake something to my satisfaction for Father’s Day.

Chocolate Cheesecake Cupcakes by Very Best Baking with chocolate ganache

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So I found this recipe and really liked the idea of these cupcakes – chocolate, with a surprise of cream cheese in the middle. But somehow, my baking skills failed to execute this one and the cream cheese filling didn’t manage to fill the middle of this cupcake. So I ended with chocolate cheesecake cupcakes all mixed together. It actually still tasted really good, just not quite how the recipe intended for it to be.

But if I didn’t tell anyone what it was supposed to be like, it was actually a pretty yummy cupcake. Make that a pretty and yummy cupcake, topped with this chocolate ganache frosting which I chose to whip. I love the richness of the chocolate and cream together. The original recipe actually came with just melted chocolate. But because it was for Father’s Day, I wanted to try something a little fancier that could be piped.

In my Father’s Day quest for the perfect cupcake recipe, this one didn’t quite make the cut because the whipped ganache had to be refrigerated (which I wouldn’t have during/after transportation), and I would end up with melted ganache with this humid Singapore weather that we have. But straight from the refrigerator, these are actually quite good.

16 down, 5 to go.

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The 21 recipes are part of my 21 list, a list of 21 things I’m working to accomplish during my twenty-first year. Check out my other 21 recipes here.

 

20 recipes / bacon & egg cups + pb & j swirls

Before the long weekend on Thursday last week, I tried out two new recipes to add to the list – one savory and the other sweet.

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The cups were like quiche, sans the crust. But I loved how it used bacon on the sides to hold everything together. I’ll totally make these again. And they’re good for bringing around too because they taste good whether warm or cold.

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I decided to take a break from all the chocolate and did these instead. I loved the sweet and salty combination (: Although, maybe I’ll try a jam filling next time instead of swirling it in? Making these cupcakes made me realize how much I actually miss baking them. Maybe I’ll think about opening the shop again, hmm.

I found these recipes from these books, here and here.

11 down, 9 to go.

Blessed Easter! (: