Spice Cupcakes With Chocolate Filling And Vanilla Icing

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 8 tablespoons butter, at room temperature (or one stick)
• 1 large egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup nutella chocolate hazelnut spread
• 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar (or to liking)
• 4 drops red food coloring
• 6 drops yellow food coloring

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350.
• 2 mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, brown sugar, and spices in one bowl.
• 3 mix together the butter, eggs, vanilla, and milk in another bowl.
• 4 combine your wet and dry ingredients into one bowl together.
• 5 spray muffin / cupcake tin with non-stick spray or use paper wrappers.
• 6 fill slots halfway with batter.
• 7 bake in the over for 20 - 25 minutes or until done.
• 8 for the filling, wisk together the nutella spread and peanut butter with the milk in a bowl. then, stir in the pumpkin spice and cinnamon.
• 9 for the icing, melt the milk and butter together in the microwave, then add confectioners sugar until the icing is thick. mix in the food coloring until you get a pumpkin or candy corn orange.
• 10 when the cupcakes are done, let them cool for 10 - 20 minutes.
• 11 core the cupcakes using and corer, peeler, spoon, or knife.
• 12 pipe the filling into the middle of the cupcakes using a pastry bag or a ziploc bag with the end cut off.
• 13 pipe the icing on the same way, creating a little swirl on top.