Recipe

Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Cupcakes

Fudgy, Nutty, and Topped with Gold. A Luxe Cupcake That’s Surprisingly Simple!

These Ferrero Rocher-inspired chocolate cupcakes are pure indulgence in every bite. Made with a rich, fudgy chocolate sponge and an added splash of hazelnut flavour, they feature a creamy Nutella-style core with whole hazelnuts for that iconic crunch. Finished with a whipped chocolate ganache and a Ferrero chocolate on top, they’re decadent enough to impress, yet simple enough to whip up with ease – the perfect show-stopper for any occasion.

Ingredients

Cake

  • 113g Dark chocolate
  • 113g Unsalted butter
  • 85g Plain flour
  • 15g Cocoa powder
  • Half teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8th of a teaspoon Bicarbonate soda
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee dissolved in 60ml of boiling water
  • 100g of caster sugar
  • 100g of light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 40ml of buttermilk
  • 10 drops of Hazelnut natural flavouring

Core

  • 100g Nutella
  • 50g Hazelnuts

Ganache

Topping

  • 12 Ferreros

Instructions

Prep time: 20 minutes, Cook time: 20-22 minutes, Servings: 12

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/160CFan and get your 12 cupcake tin lined with your desired cupcake cases.
  2. Melt Dark chocolate and butter together in a double boiler.
  3. While chocolate mixture is melting sieve all dry ingredients (Flour,cocoa,baking powder and Bicarbonate) into a bowl.
  4. Add in caster sugar and brown sugar to the dry ingredients and mix.
  5. In a separate bowl, Mix together the buttermilk and eggs.
  6. Remove chocolate mixture and stir in coffee.
  7. Now it’s time to incorporate both of your wet ingredients with your dry ingredients (Be careful not to overmix as this will result in a dense cake).
  8. Once combined, scoop mix into cupcake cases evenly. An ice-cream scoop is ideal for this! Bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes and then leave to cool.
  9. To make the ganache, Heat up cream in a saucepan until sides start to bubble. Pour cream in a bowl with the chocolate and how much hazelnut flavouring you wish and combine till melted. Leave to cool until stiff but moveable.
  10. Now that the cakes are cool with want to core them. I use a cupcake corer but an apple corer or knife will do the trick. Fill up each cupcake with nutella and hazelnuts.
  11. Once ganache is set, Use a electric whisk and mix until you see it lightening in colour. This will only take a couple of seconds.
  12. Fill up your piping bag with a piping nozzle.(I used a Wilton 1m). Pipe on ganache and top with a ferreros.
  13. Enjoy!