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Toffifee Cupcakes

These irresistible Toffifee Cupcakes feature moist vanilla cake, silky nutella frosting, and a delicious Toffifee chocolate on top and inside each muffin. Perfect for birthdays, holidays, and chocolate lovers, this easy cupcake recipe is guaranteed to impress!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 38 minutes
Servings: 12 Muffins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: German
Calories: 420
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

For the Dough:
  • 6 Toffifee, coarsely chopped
  • 12 Toffifee, as a whole
  • 120 g Butter, very soft
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 Package Vanilla sugar, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 260 g All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 180 g Milk
For the Frosting:
  • 250 g Icing sugar
  • 150 g Butter, very soft
  • 70 g Nutella
  • 1 Tbsp Hot water
For Decoration:
  • 12 Toffifee, as a whole

Equipment

  • 12 Muffin liner
  • 1 Piping bag

Method
 

Make the Cupcakes:
  1. Preheat your oven to 340F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners.
  2. Coarsely chop the 6 Toffifee chocolates and set aside.
  3. In a bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
  4. Add eggs one at a time and mix until fully incorporated.
  5. Combine flour and baking powder and swift it to the butter mixture.
  6. Add the milk and mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
  7. Gradually fold the chopped toffifee into the dough and fill cupcake liners with scoop of dough using an ice cream scooper.
  8. Place 1 toffifee chocolate into each muffin and top it with another scoop of dough about 2/3 full.
  9. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  10. Cool completely before frosting.
Prepare the Frosting:
  1. Beat very soft butter until smooth and creamy.
  2. Add powdered sugar gradually and beat until fluffy.
  3. Mix in Nutella and add 1 Tbsp of hot water to reach a pipeable consistency.