Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes
Hi guys! As you might alreadyย know I am on a baking haitus at the moment as I finish up school. It’s been a crazy few weeks with that but I will be done soon! June 29th is the D-day so cross your fingers for me. But in the meantime, I have a few goodies in my queue that I didn’t get toย share with you yet. This baking haitus isย the perfect time to bring them up before I get carried away again with ALL THE PIES I haven’t made yet this season. (PS: Consider this your warning, there will be LOTS of pies next month).
In case you missed it, I started my archive sharing lastย week with these Mango Yogurt Popsicles and now we are continuing with a classic, Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes.
I made these cupcakes last month for my sister-in-law’s birthday! She sent me a picture a few weeks prior of someย Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes she saw on Instagram and asked if I could recreate it. Uhmm, yes, of course.
Looking more into it, I foundย plentyย of recipes on Pinterest forย Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes with the same general idea: a chocolate cupcake with a ferroro rocher baked in the middle and topped with nutella frosting. Pretty straightforward, soย I decided to create my own usingย my tried and true chocolate cupcake recipe for the base.
Once you fill your liners with half of your cupcake batter, peel and drop one ferrero rocher in the middle of the batter. You can freeze your rochers before hand but you don’t have to as they will not melt.
Top off with more batter. Do not over fill, I usually fill about 2/3 the way. The ferrero rochers will not be completely covered. Don’t worry.
The cupcakes will bake up just like any cupcake. Some might have an indent but otherwise, you can’t tell you have a hidden gem in there. Finally,ย theย cupcakes are topped with a whipped nutella frosting with hints of cream cheese. It’s light, creamy and a perfect match for the decadent cupcakes.
The resulting cupcakes are AMAZING! One of my favorites so far on the blog. They are decadent and are for every chocolate lover.
Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes
Ingredients
For Chocolate Cupcakes:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- โ cup Cocoa powder (I used Ghirardelli)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ยฝ teaspoon baking powder
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- ยฝ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- ยฝ cup strong black coffee, hot
- ยผ cup vegetable oil
- 1ยฝ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 12 ferrero rochers, unwrapped (optional: frozen)
For Nutella Frosting
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- ยฝ cup nutella
- 2-3 cups confectionersโ sugar, sifted
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350degrees F. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Sift together all the dry ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer.
- In a medium bowl, combine all the wet ingredients using a whisk.
- Mix the dry ingredients on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the mixer and add the wet ingredients. Mix for 2 minutes on medium speed and scrape the sides and bottom of bowl. Mix for additional minute on medium speed.
- The batter will be thin. Fill the cupcake liners half way with the batter. Then drop one Ferrero rocher in the middle. Add more batter to each liner and fill up to two-third full.
- Bake cupcakes for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out almost clean.
- Cool cupcakes on wire racks completely. Meanwhile you could start on the frosting.
For Nutella Frosting
- Whip butter and cream cheese on medium speed for about 2-3 minutes in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light and creamy. Add the nutella and beat in. Then add the powdered sugar,, vanilla extract, salt and heavy cream and mix on low for 1 minute until combined. Increase speed to medium-high and whip for 2-3 minutes.
- Frost cupcakes and top with Ferrero rochers.
HEAVEN. Just total, absolute, cupcake perfection! I love ferrero rocher candies!
Best wishes to you in the coming weeks! One day at a time. These cupcakes are gorgeous. Ferrero Rochers are a Christmas tradition for us.
Good luck Z! Hang in there, you are almost there! Love these Fererro Rocher cupcakes! So so pretty!
I’m going to try these as Ferrero candies are my daughter’s favorite but I’m going to cheat and make it with mix !
Best of luck to you finishing up school — you’re in the home stretch! I’m in pie mode too but I ALWAYS love a good cupcake, especially from you. These are just gorgeous!
You’re almost done…yay! These are such gorgeous cupcakes, Zainab! I wish I could devour this entire batch…yum!
Good luck Zainab! You’ll be great! These cupcake look divine by the way, loving the decadence!!
Good luck Zainab! You’ve totally got this, and you’re so close to being done! I wish I could eat one of these cupcakes right now…they look ah-mazing!!
I definitely need to make these for Father’s Day — Ferrero Rocher are my husbands favorite!
Stay strong! The end is in sight! ๐ Until then, I’ll be drooling over these cupcakes and dreaming of all those pies that are coming up. xo
I love that you put them on the inside and on top! Heavenly ๐
Love the coffee in the cupcakes and how there are ferrero rochers in and on top of them! Delicious and packed with awesome chocolate flavors ๐