This past week the office manager for my practice celebrated her birthday. Since I began working with her last year she has been a HUGE help for me. She has been an advocate for getting me integrated into the practice and has talked me up to recruit new patients - in summary, I love her! I wanted to make her a special treat for her birthday so I took something I love doing (baking cupcakes) and combined it with something I know she loves (coffee) and something everyone loves (nutella!) and created these...
Hazelnut Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream
I searched through lots of recipes and combined a few different ideas I saw along the way. The cupcake and frosting recipe can be found
here. I upped the yum factor by adding nutella.
- Cook cupcakes according to directions
- When the cupcakes are cooled, use a melon baller to scoop out the middle
- Soften about 1/2 cup of nutella in the microwave on half power for 30 seconds
- Using a pastry bag, fill in the cupcake with about 2tsp softened nutella and replace the scooped out ball of cupcake on top (squish it down so the top is mostly level again)
- Follow the frosting recipe and pipe frosting on top
- Decorate with mini chocolate chips, chocolate shavings, chocolate sprinkles, or chocolate covered espresso beans
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