Vanilla and Chocolate Cupcakes topped with a Nutella Buttercream plus a giveaway for my fifth blogiversary!
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Today, Tara’s Multicultural Table turns five years old and I am celebrating with these Nutella Buttercream Cupcakes. As a thank you to all of my readers, I am also hosting a giveaway with a few of my favorite products from this year.
I love reviewing cookbooks and so far one of my favorites for 2017 is Bangkok by Leela Punyaratabandhu. The photography is just beautiful and all the recipes I tried are so full of flavor. You can find my review for the book here. I have been experimenting with making my own homemade chocolates and used the tiered square and candy bar molds to make these Strawberry Balsamic Chocolates for last Valentine’s Day. More recently, I used the Neko Kao Onigiri Set to create a cat-themed bento and bought a second set to give one of you!
To go along with the 5th blogiversary giveaway, I made cupcakes with one of my favorite flavors, Nutella. To keep the focus on the Nutella, I paired the buttercream simply with plain vanilla (and a few chocolate) cupcakes. For even more flavor, you can also use banana-based cupcakes as the base.
I made most of the cupcakes vanilla due to personal preference, but also mixed in a little cocoa powder into the last few scoopfuls of batter to make a few chocolate ones for the kids.
For the giveaway:
In celebration of my 5th blogiversary, I am giving away a Neko Kao Onigiri Set, Chocolate Bar Mold, Tiered Square Chocolate Mold, and a copy of the cookbook, Bangkok, to one reader. Retail value is $66.28.
Giveaway Entry Rules: Enter the giveaway below to win the Neko Kao Onigiri Set, two chocolate molds, and Bangkok cookbook. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 years or older and reside in the continental United States. The giveaway will open on Monday, October 30th, 2017 and close on Monday, November 6th, 2017 at 11:59 pm EST. One winner will be randomly chosen from the comments via Rafflecopter and contacted via the email. The number of eligible entries received determine the odds of winning. You will have 24 hours to respond via email or another comment will be randomly chosen. Void where prohibited by law.
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Nutella Buttercream Cupcakes Recipe
Nutella Buttercream Cupcakes
Nutella buttercream from 52 Kitchen Adventures, cupcakes from Around My Family Table
~12 cupcakes
Cupcakes:
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
Pinch salt
1/3 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Cocoa powder (optional)
Nutella Buttercream:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup Nutella
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons milk
To make the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350ËšF and line muffin tins with liners.
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then the egg yolk. Mix in half the all-purpose flour and baking powder until just incorporated. Mix in the sour cream and water until just combined, then the remaining flour. Stir in the vanilla extract, then divide the batter among prepared muffin tins.
If desired, slowly add cocoa powder to remaining mixture to create a chocolate batter.
Bake the cupcakes in preheated oven until set and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-23 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes before removing the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
To make the Nutella Buttercream: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or a large bowl, beat the butter until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in the Nutella, powdered sugar, then vanilla extract and milk.
Transfer to a piping bag fitted with desired tip and pipe onto cooled, room temperature cupcakes. If desired, top with sprinkles.
Susan Broughton says
I would like to see recipes that are quick and easy
Tara says
Sounds great Susan!
Lisa V. says
I always love seeing dessert recipes (especially pies, cakes, and cheesecakes).
Tara says
Some of my favorite!
Diane Riedel says
I quite enjoy reading all your posts and saving your recipes. We are adventuresome eaters and enjoy all kinds of spices and seasonings.
I’ve even made some of your recipes with great success for the family. I generally do them on the weekend when I have more time to concentrate on the recipe.
We particularly enjoy Ethiopian dishes so any recipes utilizing those spices would be lovely.
Tara says
Thanks so much Diane! I definitely need to add more Ethiopian recipes.
Diane Riedel says
Oh, I forgot to wish you a Happy Anniversary!!
Brenda Haines says
I would love to see some Filipino dishes. Like Sinagone.
Tara says
Thanks Brenda! Sinigang is my mother-in-law’s favorite
judith says
more easy dinners
Tara says
Thanks Judith!
Laura S says
I would love to see a few more slow cooker meals! I love your variety of meals though, it is so fun to see what you post!
Tara says
Thanks so much Laura! I definitely need to pull out the slow cooker more often.
Edye says
More cookie recipes!
Tara says
Thanks Edye! Will be adding a few over the next couple of months!
Sarai says
I’m trying to add more fish to our diet, so I would love to see more of that.
Tara says
Thanks Sarai! I need to be better about fish too.
Dee Johnson says
Anything gluten free.
Tara says
Thanks Dee!
June Dickinson says
We love the vegetarian recipes especially from the Middle East.
thanks so much for your delightful blog.
Tara says
Thanks so much June!
melanie huttner says
I love pie recipes!
Tara says
Me too! I just got a new pie dish. Need to put it to use soon 🙂
Sara Wainright says
I enjoy fusion recipes and quick and easy things, crock pots are the best.
Tara says
Sounds great Sara!
karen r says
Just keep doing what you are doing! I especially love your book reviews. Congrats on 5 years.
Tara says
Thank you so much Karen!
Norma says
Love your recipes and appreciate the time you put into your blog.
Tara says
Thank you so much Norma!
Elizabeth Simek says
Vanilla cupcakes are my favorite too! I can just imagine the lovely cakey vanilla taste mixed with the nutella frosting. You have me all fired up to do some serious baking now! As for recipes featured on your blog for next year, I would love to see more Italian, Asian and Arabic (esp.) recipes. I love your variety tho, so it’s difficult to say! Have you ever done any African recipes? I can’t recall… (PS. Congrats on 5 years!)
Tara says
Thanks Elizabeth! I have a few African recipes, but not as many as I would like. You can find them here: https://tarasmulticulturaltable.com/recipe-index/middle-easternafrican/ . The latest I posted was a Ghana cookbook review: https://tarasmulticulturaltable.com/zoes-ghana-kitchen-review-bofrot/
Elizabeth Simek says
Thanks, Tara!! 🙂
Mita says
More dessert recipes.
Tara says
Sounds great Mita!
carol clark says
id like some quick southern recipes that you have like hand me down ones so i can compare to see what you add to mine
Tara says
Will definitely look into it Carol! What are some of your favorites?
Leah Sorensen says
i love seeing seasonally relevant recipes!
Amgela K says
Maybe more middle eastern recipes.
Tiana says
Such a great blog! I stumbled on it while looking for a lavash recipe and have been exploring your posts since!
Carlee says
Happy blogiversary! 5 years is awesome!
Leanna @ Alldonemonkey says
Oh I can’t decide! I love everything you post, especially international recipes.
Hollie Jahnke says
Maybe some meals that can be made in under 30 mins.
Manda Shank says
I would like Paleo recipes
Marlee says
Now this is a cupcake!
HAZELL PEREZ says
I love your blog and all the delicious recipes always looking for Hispanic recipes they are also yummy. Thanks for always sharing wonderful recipes and awesome tips. Blessings.
Lisa Brown says
Ramen recipes! 🙂
Kathy says
Thanks for the Nutella recipe. I have a grandson with a peanut allergy and he loves Nutella. These cupcakes look yummy.
Tina says
We’re psyched about berbere spice lately. I’d love to see more recipes integrating that, maybe into the lighter side of American food. Fusion! 🙂
Jodie says
Mediterranean recipes!
ET Pruitt says
Spanish recipes
Juanita May says
I love soups, especially crock pot soups. Any cuisine is fine, we like them all!
Stephanie Grant says
I would love to see some slow cooker desert recipes!
Michelle Catallo says
I love how you have an array of dishes from around the world already so, tough question. I would choose more lamb dishes though; growing up with the Mad Cow Disease scare meant eating lamb a lot which I actually didn’t mind.
Lauren says
Congratulations, Tara! I’ve love watching your blogging style grow over these five years.