Gold Medal® Flour Recipe Contest 2010!
Chocolate-Hazelnut Cupcakes
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ self-rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter or regular butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 1/2 cups Nutella® hazelnut spread with cocoa (16 oz)
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
Ganache Topping
- 6 oz bittersweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter or regular butter
- 4 teaspoons light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size nonstick muffin cups. In small bowl, stir together flour and salt; set aside.
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Step2In large bowl, beat 1/4 cup softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the almond extract; beat until light and fluffy. Add hazelnut spread; beat until well blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Add half of the flour mixture; beat on low speed just until blended. Add milk; beat until blended. Gently stir in remaining flour until batter is smooth. Spoon batter evenly into muffin cups, filling each half full.
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Step3Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, 3 tablespoons butter and the corn syrup on High 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Top cooled cupcakes with ganache topping. Sprinkle with hazelnuts.
Nutrition
130
Calories
9g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 19%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 15%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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