Nutella Filled Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Frosting

* First Picture finished product, Second Picture filled cupcakes cooling...

Ingredients
(Cupcakes)
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4  tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup milk

(Frosting)
1/2 stick butter (melted)
 3 large Tbs. cocoa
1/2 lb. powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup milk

(Filling and Garnish)
1/2 jar Nutella
chocolate covered Peanuts

Technique
Mix flour, baking powder and salt.  Cream together sugar, butter eggs, vanilla and milk and add to flour.  Spoon into greased muffin tins or paper cups.  Bake for 20 min at 400*.  While they're cooking you can make the frosting mix together all ingredients until well blended.  Once cupcakes are cooked remove from the oven and use a doughnut filler or pastry bag to fill the still warm cupcakes with 1tsp of nutella.  Let the cupcakes cool completely.  Once cool cover with frosting and garnish with chocolate covered peanuts.  Buon appetito!

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