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#18: Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.

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I had no idea how much people love this stuff:

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From the moment I mentioned that I was going to be making Chocolate Hazelnut cupcakes, I got several emails from friends and family offering to take them off my hands. Who knew Nutella had such power?!

To make the cupcakes, I first mixed the dry ingredients.

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Meanwhile, my electric mixer was in the business of creaming butter and sugar.

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Next came the glorious Nutella spread.

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Yummy, chocolatey, hazelnutty batter.

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Muffin papers were filled 2/3 full.

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After being baked, the cupcakes had the most perfect, brownie-like texture…

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…though they did expand past their cups a bit.

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Nothing a star of Nutella can’t fix! :)

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YUM-O!!

3 Comments on “#18: Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Chocolate Hazelnut Spread”

  1. #1 Kim Heinecke
    on Jan 29th, 2010 at 11:33 am

    Nutella is the gospel of chocolate spreads.

  2. #2 ~abi~
    on Feb 1st, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    yummy! these look SO good!

  3. #3 alesha
    on Feb 4th, 2010 at 9:58 am

    Those look soooo good!!! Everytime I come to your site I leave wanting some cake!! lol!!!

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