Nutella Cupcakes

Nutella. It's pretty much my favorite thing in the world. Hazelnut and chocolate...um, yeah. Amazing. Fill some chocolate cupcakes with it and add some super creamy Nutella buttercream and it's pretty much game over. 

Yes, those are Nutella-filled cupcakes

These cupcakes require two full jars of Nutella, so be sure to stock up before making these. And use the name brand stuff -- trust me, you can taste the difference. 

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People always ask me about these baking cups -- they're Wilton's Black Wave Standard Baking Cups. I love using these because they add some visual interest to standard cupcakes and don't fade in the oven. They kind of "frame" the light chocolate buttercream draw attention to the simple hazelnut garnish.

Get the full recipe here: NUTELLA CUPCAKES

40th Wedding Anniversary Part 2: Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie-filled Cupcakes

Stupid good. That's all I can say about these cupcakes. Chocolate? Good. Bourbon? Good. Pecan pie? Very, very good (it's my favorite). Topped with buttercream -- so good. 

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The pecan pie filling

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Filling the cupcakes

Click here for the recipe: BOURBON CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE-FILLED CUPCAKES

German Chocolate "World Cup" Cupcakes

My family are huge soccer fans; the World Cup is a very big deal in my home. I just had to make some German Chocolate cupcakes in honor of my favorite European team (and ancestral heritage). I think they were good luck charms, because Germany won! 

Rooting for Germany in the 2014 World Cup final

My husband made the German flag toppers while I baked. Thank goodness our daughter has lots of construction paper laying around! They were the perfect touch -- no one could mistake which team we were rooting for that day. 

I'm a little obsessed with filling cupcakes. My daughter likes it, too, because she usually gets to eat (most of) the cored-out cake. 

The filling. I could have skipped the cake and just eaten this with a spoon. 

You can find the recipe here: GERMAN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES