Intense Dark Hazelnut Heaven Cupcakes With Chocolate Hazelnut Frosting
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour whisked then lightly spooned and leveled
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt Diamond
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter cool room temperature, pliable, cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup whole milk minus 1 Tbsp. + 1/4 cup whole milk minus 1-1/2 tsp.
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons hazelnut flavor, I used Spices, etc., available online
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 3 1/2 ounces hazelnut Ghiradelli Intense Dark, Heaven, grated
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar divided use
- 3 tablespoons natural cocoa unsweetened
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter cool room temperature, pliable
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt Diamond
- 4 tablespoons cream or whole milk
- 1 tablespoon hazelnut liqueur such as Frangelica
- 1/2 teaspoon hazelnut flavor
- CUPCAKES: Line cupcake tins with paper liners. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Combine on stir speed about 30 seconds. Add butter, 1/2 cup milk minus 1 Tbsp., vanilla and hazelnut flavorings. Combine on stir speed, then beat on low 1-1/2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating each on low speed till combined. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl with spatula. Using stir speed, add remaining 1/4 cup minus 1-1/2 tsp. milk. Beat 1 minute on low speed.
- Fill standard cups with 1-1/2 Tbsp. batter, then sprinkle with about 1 Tbsp. grated chocolate bar and top with 1-1/2 Tbsp. batter. This should fill the cups to about 2/3 full. For mini cupcakes, use 2 tsp. batter, 1 tsp. grated chocolate, 2 tsp. batter. Bake standard cupcakes 15-18 minutes and minis 9-11 minutes, or till cupcakes spring back when lightly touched. Cool cupcakes in tins 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool for at least one hour. Yield: 18 standard cupcakes or 12 standard and 12 mini cupcakes
- FROSTING: Microwave remaining chocolate bar in small microwaveable bowl on high in 25-second increments until just melted. Stir, set aside. Sift together into small bowl or onto wax paper 1 cup confectioner's sugar and cocoa; set aside.
- Cream butter and salt on medium speed of electric mixer. Gradually add remaining 1 cup of confectioner's sugar, beating until smooth after each addition. Combine milk (or cream), liqueur and hazelnut flavor in small cup. Alternately add milk mixture and cocoa-sugar mixture to the creamed butter mixture, beating until smooth after each addition. On low speed, beat in the melted chocolate hazelnut bar. Frost cupcakes as desired with this delicious but very rich frosting.
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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/INTENSE-DARK-HAZELNUT-HEAVEN-CUPCAKES-WITH-CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT-FROSTING-1659378 (may not work)