Dan in France

Nutella Cupcakes

So I found this recipe on FEISTYCOOK and it looked deliciously simple, and since they’re “self frosting” you get to skip the worst part about making cupcakes.  Plus, I’ve never made a baking post on this site and it seemed a good time to start.

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The cupcakes turned out reasonably well, and the marbling looks really cool, but I was hoping that the nutella would add a level of moisture to the cake.  In fact, it dries out in the baking and completely cancels out the “self icing” eponym.

Thats when I realized “I have a lot of leftover nutella, why dont i just put it on top, like a normal cupcake” and voila:

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darn good cupcake