Vanilla Nutella Cupcakes
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Friday, February 7, 2014 - 11:34am

Ingredients




For Vanilla Cupcakes:
(makes 1 dozen)
1¾ cup Cake Flour
¾ cup of sugar
1½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
12 teaspoon salt
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons margarine
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup whole milk
1 large egg
For Nutella Frosting:
¼ cup Nutella or Nocciolata
4 tablespoons butter
¾ cup confectioner’s sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2 In a large bowl whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Set aside. 3 In another bowl, whisk oil, margarine, sour cream, vanilla extract, milk and egg.  Slowly add in flour mixture in spate adjustments until a nice smooth batter forms. 4 Pour cupcake batter into a lined cupcake pan.  Bake for about 20 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.  Let cool in pan. 5 In the bowl of your mix master, beat butter until smooth and whipped.  Add confectioner’s sugar until a thick smooth frosting forms.  Add Nutella and vanilla extract. 6 Once the cupcakes have cooled completely, spread frosting liberally on each cupcake and if desired grate a chocolate hazelnut candy over each cupcake.