Ferrero Rocher cupcakes
Put these Ferrero Rocher cupcakes on the table for a festive chocolate treat with a surprise inside!
Servings: 8 cupcakes
Ingredients
CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES
- 90 grams unsalted butter
- 70 grams fine granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs M or L
- 80 grams all purpose flour
- 10 grams cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch salt
CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAM
- 0.5 portion buttercream according to recipe
- 5 tbsp Nutella hazelnut paste
- 1.5 tbsp cocoa powder
EXTRA
- 16 Ferrero Rochers
Instructions
- Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla extract and the eggs one by one. Do not add the next egg until the first one is fully incorporated.
- Finally add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt and mix until the dry ingredients are incorporated into the batter.
- Take a stainless steel muffin tin and place cupcake liners in the baking pan, divide the batter between the moulds. Press a Ferrero Rocher into each cupcake and place a little of the batter on top to cover it. The batter will continue to rise in the oven.
- Bake for about 18 minutes at 180°C/350˚F (conventional oven).
- Leave the muffins to rest in the tin for a while, then place them onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Make the buttercream according to the instructions. Mix in the Nutella spread and cocoa powder at the last minute. Taste to see if the chocolate flavor is strong enough, if not you can add more cocoa powder.
- Take an icing bag with a star nozzle (I used a Wilton 2D) and pipe nice low swirls onto the cupcakes. Press a Ferrero Rocher onto each swirl and your cupcakes are ready to steal the show.
Tips
You will have some buttercream left over after making this recipe, which you can freeze. You can also do something else delicious with the buttercream. For example, spread it on a brownie, on a biscuit or just on a cracker.
How to store
Undecorated cupcakes should be stored in a container outside the fridge. This is because they will dry out in the fridge. They will keep for about 4-5 days. Read all about storing decorated and plain cupcakes in this article.