Nutella and Orange Brownies

I wanted to try something new with the average brownie. So after two attempts and a lot of Nutella- here's the outcome. This is the original recipe I changed up to fit what I was doing. Original :). Happy Baking x

Ingredients:

250g unsalted butter
200g Nutella
80g cocoa powder (or drinking chocolate mix) sifted
Zest and juice of 1 orange
65g plain flour sifted
1 tsp baking powder
360g caster sugar
4 eggs

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 180C, grease a 24cm cake tin. In a small sauce pan melt the butter. When the butter has melted leave to cool for about 5 minutes, stir occasionally. Meanwhile in a medium sized bowl add Nutella and orange zest and juice. Once the butter has cooled a bit add to the chocolate orange mix mix well until smooth.

2. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sugar. Once that has been thoroughly mixed. Add the chocolate mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well.

3. Beat in the eggs until a silky smooth consistency is achieved. Pour the mix into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 25 - 30 minutes. The brownie should still be a little gooey on the inside.

4. Cool on a cooling rack then transfer to a chopping board and cut into chunky pieces.

Happy Baking, Beth x

Milka Oreo Chocolate Cupcakes

This week the kind people at Cybercandy sent me some delicious Milka Oreo chocolate, and they gave me inspiration for this recipe from their blog. Have fun! :-D

Ingredients

100g softened butter
150g self raising flour
150g caster sugar
3 tbs milk
Half a tea spoon of vanilla extract
2 large eggs
4-5 shakes Galaxy hot chocolate powder
Bar of Milka Oreo chocolate


For the Icing

2 tbs Nutella
100g softened butter
225g icing sugar
Splash of milk
Bar of Milka Oreo chocolate

Method


1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C and put muffin cases into a 12 hole tray.

2. Mix the butter, flour, sugar, vanilla extract and eggs together with a wooden spoon until light and airy. Then add the Galaxy hot chocolate and mix again.

3. Spoon the mix into the cases and put a square of Milka Oreo chocolate on top of each cupcake. Put into the oven for 25 mins until golden brown. Test that they are ready by gently sliding the end of a skewer or a knife into the cupcake. If it comes out clean it is cooked.

4. Place onto a cooling rack and let them cool until there is no heat from the cupcake (this is so the icing doesn't melt).

For the icing

1. Slowly add the icing sugar to the butter until nice and creamy. Add a dash of milk to make it a little bit creamier (don't put in too much milk or the icing will go runny!). Scoop the Nutella into the icing and mix.

2. Pipe the icing onto the cupcake.

3. Put a square of the Milka Oreo chocolate onto the icing.

Many thanks to Cybercandy and I hope you have enjoyed making this. Me, my daddy, mummy and sister Megan all loved these cakes as we all love chocolate!

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

I adore chocolate cupcakes they are so yummy and good for celebrations or just as a treat, they are just as fun to create as well. Here's how to make them with Nutella chocolate spread. :)

Ingredients 

100g of softened butter (4oz)
150g of self-raising flour.(5oz)
150g of caster sugar (5oz)
3tbs of milk
2 large eggs
Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract
A quarter of a bag of chocolate drops
A couple of shakes of galaxy hot chocolate
A jar of Nutella

For the Icing


100g of softened butter (4oz)
225g of icing sugar (8oz)
Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract
A splash of milk
2 large tablespoons of Nutella

 Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C (Gas mark4) (Fan 160C)
2. Put muffin cases into a 12 hole baking tray
3. Measure the cake mix ingredients out and put them into a mixing bowl and whisk until blended and smooth
4. Spoon into paper cases
5. Bake for 20-25 mins until beautiful golden brown
6. Take out of the oven and place onto a wire cooling rack to cool

Meanwhile...

Make up the icing ready to pipe on to the cakes when they have cooled.

Once the cakes have cooled....

Make a small hole in each of them with a knife or apple corer and pipe some Nutella from the jar into the hole. This fills the cake with yummy Nutella in the middle!

Pipe on the icing and then you're done!:)

My sister loves these cupcakes!!!