White Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting & a Guest Post

Hi Guys!  I recently wrote a guest post for Liz at Blog is the New Black featuring these white chocolate cupcakes with Nutella buttercream frosting.  Head over to her website to take a look!!!!

Also, please don’t forget to stop by Steph’s Bite By Bite on Monday, January 31st for her online bake sale!!!  Steph is running a marathon to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Online bidding for a vast array of delicious goodies (including my Nutella & Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake) will begin on January 31.  Be sure to check out Steph’s online bake sale!

Cupcake Ingredients: (adapted from Bon Appétit)

• 8 ounces white chocolate, chopped
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup canned, unsweetened coconut milk
• 3 large egg whites, at room temperature

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F and line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. In a small saucepan, simmer water and place a bowl with white chocolate over, stirring until melted.
3. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Using an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, and vanilla until blended. Add hot white chocolate to sugar mixture and stir to combine.
5. Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with coconut milk in 2 additions, beating to combine.
6. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form and gently fold into the batter in 3 additions.
7. Divide batter among muffin cups (about 1/4 cup each).
8. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
9. Cool completely before frosting.

Nutella Buttercream Frosting:

• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup Nutella
• 2-3 tbsp whipping cream

Frosting Directions:

1. In a stand mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar and butter on low speed until well blended, then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.
2. Add vanilla, Nutella, and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute, adding more cream if needed for piping consistency.
3. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes.