Welcome! Today we are so excited to be joining four other bloggers for something completely different - a progressive dinner - five bloggers, five homes, five courses!
First, here is the menu:
Didn't the
main course over at Kelley Nan's look delicious?!? Now it's time for dessert in our home. Come on in and make yourself comfortable. We are serving
Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Pirouettes.
You can make them in a mini bundt pan like we did for this one:
Or in just a regular cupcake pan and then place them in some cute little wrappers or cups. We love the flavor the hazelnut frosting adds and the pirouettes are a fun little touch that make a basic cupcake seem a little more "fancy".
Personally, I love water with my dessert, by my husband often drinks coffee with his so we had both water goblets (with a pitcher of water on the side table next to the sofa) as well as coffee.
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Here is the recipe. It is nice and easy!
Cupcakes:
For the cupcake just use your favorite cupcake mix and follow the directions. Once the cupcakes have cooled it's time for the frosting.
Frosting:
1 cup of butter, softened by not melted
1 cup hazelnut spread
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
2-4 tsp. heavy cream (if you don't have any you can use milk)
First beat the butter and hazelnut spread together then add vanilla. After that mix in powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add cream as necessary until you get the right consistency. Then we scooped the frosting into a pastry bag and starting frosting each cupcake. This is an old photo from a rosette cake post we did almost four years ago (ahhh - that seems crazy!) but we still use these exact same tools (although we've gone through several packages of pastry bags in the last several years and I have a couple of different tips I play around with).
Then just frost each cupcake. We added a few sprinkles. I used
these Williams-Sonoma sprinkles that I just use when I am making stuff for special occasions. We have lots of other fun and more colorful (and much less expensive - ha!) sprinkles that the girls use when they are baking.
Then we just topped them off with some of
these hazelnut pirouettes to dress them up just a bit more. I cut each one in half and just used a half of one per cupcake.
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And that's it! Nice and Easy!
And if you missed any of the courses be sure to check them all out:
Dessert with Dear Lillie (Us)
And here is the Source List for our room:
Wall Color - Midsummer Night in Matte by Benjamin Moore
Trim Color - Simply White in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Door Color - Mopboard Black in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Pillows on Sofa - HomeGoods
Chocolate Pillow on Chair - HomeGoods
Plaid Throw - HomeGoods
Gold Mirrored Tray - HomeGoods
Books Stacked Next to Chairs - Gifts from Family Members
Mirror and demilune painting above Fireplace - passed down from family members
Gold Side Table - HomeGoods
Books on Table - miscellaneous gifts
Trophy Urns - The Arrow's Nest
Little Tiny Vase on Table - Was a candle from Target that we now use as a vase
Lamp on Table - HomeGoods
Golfer - HomeGoods
Gold Frame - Gift
Standing Lamp - Consignment Shop Find years ago
Drapery Panels - Ritva Panels from IKEA
Frames and Mirror on Gallery Wall - Michael's
Books on Shelves - Passed on down or gifted from family members
Large White Book - Blurb photo albums
Small White Books - Chatbook photo albums
Airplane - Gift years ago
And Source List for the Serving Pieces:
Chocolate Cups and Saucers - L.A. Burdick Chocolates
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