Vanilla Cupcakes & Nutella Buttercream Frosting
Well as promised from my Black and Gold Wedding Cupcakes post, here is the recipe for the delicious vanilla cupcakes.
I spoke with the lovely bride a couple of days ago and she just absolutely adored her wedding cupcakes, there didn’t want to eat them as she said they looked so pretty, but when they finally did devour into them there were all gone in no time. So without further a do, here is the easy yummy recipe:
Vanilla Cupcakes
(makes 12)
Ingredients
185 grams butter (softened at room temperature)
1 teaspoon vanilla paste *
1 cup sugar
3 eggs (medium size at room temperature)
2 cups flour (universal sifted)
½ cup milk (at room temperature)
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
Method
- Preheat oven to moderate (180 ⁰C/160 ⁰C fan forced). Line holes of cupcake pans with paper cases.
- Beat the butter, vanilla and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating until they are just combined between additions.
- Fold in the sifted flour and milk in batches.
- Divide the mixture among the paper cases using a spoon, filling each case ¾ full.
- Bake in a moderate oven for about 20 – 25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
- Place them onto a wire rack to cool and decorate as desired.
* Vanilla bean paste is a thick syrup with the beans and is thicker than vanilla extract. The flavour is also more intense than vanilla extract so it gives the cake a really delicious vanilla taste. If you don’t mind the little beans showing up in your cake then I highly suggest using vanilla bean paste.
Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
1 cup butter
2 -3 cups powdered sugar, sifted (depends how sweet you want it)
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla essence (or vanilla bean paste if you don’t mind the little beans)
Method
- Whip the butter till creamy.
- Beat in the sifted powdered sugar, vanilla and milk.
- Continue whipping till all ingredients have combined and it has reached a consistency you are happy to pipe with.
- If it is too thick add in a little milk, if it is too wet add in more sugar.
- Whip till smooth and combined.
- Refrigerate till ready to use but beat once more before piping.
As for the chocolate cupcakes, the groom loves my nutella cupcakes so nutella it was. You can find the recipe here but I made a nutella buttercream frosting instead of the cream cheese frosting, it was like a chocolate mousse – I couldn’t stop myself from tasting it as it was so delicious.
Nutella Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
1 cup butter
2 -3 cups powdered sugar, sifted (depends how sweet you want it)
1 tablespoon milk
1/3 cup nutella
Method
- Whip the butter till creamy.
- Beat in the sifted power sugar, milk and nutella.
- Continue whipping till all ingredients have combined and it has reached a consistency you are happy to pipe with.
- If it is too thick add in a little milk, if it is too wet add in more sugar.
- Whip till smooth and combined.
- Refrigerate till ready to use but beat once more before piping.
I decorated the cupcakes using a large star tip.
Thanks for stopping by and if you do give these recipes a try let me know how you went. It would be great to hear from you.
I have also entered this to the Calendar Cakes Challenge hosted by Dolly Bakes and Laura Loves Cakes for National Cupcake Week, 17 – 24 September 2012.
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Hello Charmed. It looks like you make a pretty cupcake, my Pinterest board is going to like you. Thank you for following me, and now I you.
Might I suggest a Pinterest Pin button? 🙂
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This looks amazing!!! Don’t you sell them? I also live in Linz and I’m in desperately need of a cupcake store!!! 😀
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Hi Ileana!! Thanks for the lovely comment & it’s great to meet another expat living in Linz. We should meet up the next time you are back in town 🙂
These sound delicious and I love the idea of the nutella frosting. Also thank you for visiting my blog.
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mmmm OMG these looks so delicious!
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wow 😀 And who doesn’t love nutella? 😛
Actually I’m not really a big fan of nutella – only eat it if I have to – but the cupcakes are just to die for!! 😉
Mmmm I think I will take a batch of those Nutella babies 😉
Cheers
CCU
Just reading about this I blew my diet! (damn the wishful eating) no seriously: worth every calorie, looks glorious
Thanks Azita, but these little charmed cupcakes have no calories (wishful thinking) 😉
What a darling presentation. I have a secret love for nutella and your cupcakes look delightful.
Awww thanks Bam 🙂 everyone who tries these delicious nutella cupcakes just love them. And for those people who are not big nutella fans (crazy I know but there are some) become nutella fans after eating these delightful cuppies 😉
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These are the Louis Vuitton of the cupcake world! Gorgeous, classy and wanted by many 😉
Awww thanks so much for the lovely comment.
Pretty 🙂 I wanna eat them.
If it makes you feel any better I only got to eat one and that was without the frosting and decoration 😉
I’ve been meaning to do a Nutella buttercream…this may be my excuse to do just that now! 🙂
Definitely give it a go! You won’t regret it. I look forward to seeing what you think.
Nutella is big with the kids!
& the big kids too 😉
These are so pretty and they sound yummy! How can you go wrong with Nutella? Ha!
Can never go wrong with nutella huh?! They really are delicious, the cupcakes are really moist & soft. It’s like eating chocolate cloud lol 😉