Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes Food

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 18 muffin cups or line with paper baking cups. Stir together the sugar, flour, ground hazelnuts, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Beat together the eggs, vegetable oil, milk, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture until moistened, then stir in the water until batter is smooth. Batter may be a bit thin. Pour into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, and allow to cool completely on a wire rack. Once cool, frost with the chocolate-hazelnut spread, and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts to garnish.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT ICE CREAM CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the whole hazelnuts and coconut on a baking sheet and toast until deep golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool, then transfer to a food processor. Add the cereal and condensed milk and pulse until the mixture is finely ground.
• Lightly spray 6 muffin-tin cups with cooking spray. Divide the coconut mixture among the cups. Wet your fingers, then press the coconut mixture into the bottom and up the side of each cup. Freeze until firm, at least 20 minutes.
• Remove the muffin pan from the freezer. Fill the crusts with coconut ice cream, smoothing the tops. Freeze until firm, about 40 minutes.
• Top each ice cream cupcake with a scoop of chocolate ice cream (make the scoop flat on the bottom so it sits on top of the coconut ice cream). Serve immediately or cover and freeze for up to 2 days. To unmold, run an offset spatula around the edge of each cup, then pry out the cupcakes. Top with chopped hazelnuts.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cups in 12 regular- size muffin cups; spray with cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, butter and eggs. Remove from pan to cool.
• In chilled medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup of the whipping cream, the sugar and cocoa with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Place chocolate chips in heatproof bowl. In 1-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave remaining 1/4 cup whipping cream on High 30 seconds; pour over chocolate chips. Let stand 2 minutes. Stir until smooth.
• Using a small spoon, remove center of each cupcake. Spoon heaping 1 tablespoon chocolate whipped cream into each hollowed-out cupcake. Spread heaping 1 teaspoon chocolate glaze over each filled cupcake. Sprinkle with hazelnuts. Store covered in refrigerator.

HAZELNUT TRUFFLE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin pan with paper or foil liners. Sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder; set aside. Combine the milk, liqueur, and vanilla in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated, ending with the flour. Pour the batter into prepared cups, about 1/2 cup each.
• Press an unwrapped truffle into the bottom of each cupcake and spread the batter over the top of each truffle. Bake in a preheated oven until the tops spring back to the touch, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Frost cooled cupcakes with chocolate-hazelnut spread and garnish with chopped hazelnuts.