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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JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content.And that’s it! Nice and Easy!
Thank you so much for joining us! Now it is time to head on over for the last course – after dinner drinks on Sarah, from Our Vintage Farmhouse’s, gorgeous porch!
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
Sofa – Barbara Hartmann Interiors
Pillows on Sofa – HomeGoods
Chocolate Pillow on Chair – HomeGoods
Knit Pillow on Chair – Soft Surroundings
Ottoman – We Made It Using the Same Method as Here
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
Grand Plaza Print – Arhaus
Gold Side Table – HomeGoods
Wood Side Table – Joss and Main
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
Rug – Joss and Main/Wayfair
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
Dog Bookends – Birch Lane
Airplane – Gift years ago
And Source List for the Serving Pieces:
White Beaded Square Dishes – Milford Square Dishes from Birch Lane
Gold Plated Flatware – Wilmington Flatware from Birch Lane
Hobnail Detailed Water Goblets – O’Keefe Water Goblets from Birch Lane
Small Wood and Marble Cakestand – Russo Cake Stand from Birch Lane
Chocolate Cups and Saucers – L.A. Burdick Chocolates
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Absolutely gorgeous and those cupcakes! That frosting sounds (and looks) absolutely divine. I have never owned a pastry bag, but I think I am going to have to get on board to try to make these pretties!
Everything is beautiful Jenni! Your room is so cozy and inviting and your cupcakes look so perfectly delicious! I wish I could come over and chat and enjoy your dessert! Xo
Can you use nutella or has to be Hazelnut spread?
Yes – nutella works great!
-Jason
Oh my Jennifer, those cupcakes look divine! YUM!! Love the intimate setting for dessert after dinner as well.
These are fantastic…and I love that you provided options on the cakes. The vignette is perfect and the concept is brilliant!
Wow! Those cupcakes look beyond amazing and your styling talents are off the charts! So fun doing this progressive dinner together – so wish we could have done it in real life! 🙂