PHOODIE’S CHOCOLATE, COCONUT + NUTELLA CUPCAKES WITH FERRERO ROCHER TOPPING 8

I mean honestly, what words are there?

What letters could be smashed together to form a word, and in turn several words, to form a sentence, that could POSSIBLY describe how AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS these little buggars are.

I’m actually not even going to try.

What I AM going to say though is, apart from the FREAKING OBVIOUS (the taste!) the BEST part about this recipe is that IT. IS. SO. EASY. TO. MAKE!!

YES! Not only am I about to show you how to make these heavenly treats but I am here to tell you right now that with a small amount of training your pet fish can bang ’em together for you whilst you watch last seasons Real Housewives of Orange County (or am I the only viewer of that ‘show?!’)

ONE BOWL.

ONE SPOON.

THAT. IS. IT.

Ingredients (Makes 12 cupcakes)

2 cups self raising flour

1 cup brown sugar

½ cup desiccated coconut

¼ cup cocoa, sifted

1 cup full cream milk

½ cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

200g dark chocolate, chopped

24 x teaspoons Nutella (2 teaspoons per cupcake for the centre ‘surprise’)

12 x Ferrero Rocher chocolates – chopped roughly

12 x tabslepoons Nutella – to ice/ frost each cupcake

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Line a 12 hole cupcake tin with cupcake cases.
3. Place the flour, sugar, coconut and cocoa in a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
4. Add the milk, oil, eggs, vanilla and chocolate chunks and mix until just combined. Do not over stir.
5. Divide the batter into two bowls – bowl A and bowl B.
6. Spoon the mixture from bowl A evenly among the cupcake cases.
7. Dollop 2 teaspoons of Nutella in the centre of each cupcake on top of the batter.
8. Use the remaining batter (i.e. bowl B) to top each of the 12 cupcakes up and cover the Nutella centre.
9. Bake in the oven for approximately 22 minutes or until cooked through when tested with a skewer.
10. Allow the cupcakes to cool and then ice each cupcake with 1 tablespoon of Nutella.
11. Top with chopped Ferreros.