Cinnamon and Nutella Cupcakes

I was going to make some sort of Halloweeny Cupcakes on Wednesday but I was too busy getting my zombie awnn. So instead I’ve gone for the Bonfire Night theme. These are adapted from a Nigella Lawson recipe for a big hazelnut cake, but I couldn’t be bothered to go to the shop to buy nuts…

Ingredients

200g self-raising flour

175g caster sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

175g butter

3 eggs

4 tablespoons milk

4 tablespoons Nutella

For icing

Cream cheese

Butter

Icing Sugar

Nutella

Cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 180⁰C. Line two muffin trays with cupcake cases.

In a large mixing bowl combine all the cake ingredients using an electric whisk.

Fill the cases ¾ of the way. Bake them in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until springy to the touch. Cool on a wire rack.

To make the icing, cream a nob of butter with a nob of cream cheese.

Add a big spoonful of Nutella, and then sift a small amount of cinnamon. Sift lots of icing sugar until the consistency is stiff enough to pipe.

Spoon the icing into a piping bag and pipe swirls on each cake, finishing with some chocolate sprinkles.

Eat one with a steaming cup of hot chocolate!