Friday 2 November 2012

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 180C. 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!






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