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Home » Baking » Walnut Brownie Cupcakes – Hello Cupcake!

July 11, 2012 By Janice Pattie 35 Comments

Walnut Brownie Cupcakes – Hello Cupcake!

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Imagine a mouthful of rich, slightly gooey chocolate brownie, then suddenly you crunch into a bittersweet walnut – you’ve just enjoyed virtual Walnut Brownie Cupcakes.  Let me tell you how you can make these gorgeous treats.

It's easy to make these Walnut Brownie Cupcakes

  The basic cupcake mixture is the usual butter and sugar beaten together then, you add in the rest of the ingredients.  Toasting the walnuts brings out all the nutty flavours and makes sure they are super-crunchy.  

divide the mixture between paper muffin cups in a muffin tin and bake for 15 – 20 minutes.  Test with a toothpick or skewer, they should still be a little bit sticky in the middle. 

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The Walnut Brownie Cupcakes are totally delicious just the way you are, or you can decorate them either with whipped cream or, as I did, with some piped buttercream. 

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  Here’s the full recipe for the Walnut Brownie Cupcakes

 

Walnut Brownie Cupcakes, so rich and delicious with chocolate and walnuts

Walnut Brownie Cupcakes

Leila Lindholm
All the delicious flavours of a chocolate brownie in a cupcake, with the added bittersweet crunch of toasted walnuts. Rich and gooey, these Walnut Brownie Cupcakes are such a treat. 
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24

Ingredients
 

  • 200 g walnuts
  • 175 g butter
  • 150 g light muscovado sugar
  • 150 g good quality cocoa powder I used 100g and found that quite enough
  • 50 ml golden syrup
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 free range eggs
  • 150 g plain all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100 g good quality 70& dark chocolate

Instructions
 

  • Turn the oven to 175C
  • Toast the whole walnuts in a hot and dry frying pan
  • Whip the butter, sugar and muscovado sugar until creamy.
  • Add the cocoa, syrup and salt.
  • Whisk in one egg at a time.
  • Mix the flour with the baking powder and sift it into the other ingredients.
  • Coarsely chop the chocolate and add it and the whole walnuts to the batter.
  • Set out paper cups in a muffin tin and fill the cups with  two-thirds full with the mixture.
  • Bake them in a middle of the oven for about 5-20 minutes.  Test them with a toothpick, they should be a little sticky in the middle.  Leave them to cool.

Notes

Leila suggests decorating the cupcakes with whipped cream and fresh raspberries, but I made up a little buttercream and piped a swirl on top!
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Walnut Brownie Cupcakes are rich and gooey with chocolate and walnuts #cupcakes #chocolate #brownies

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 These Walnut Brownie Cupcakes come from a delightful little book called ‘Hello Cupcake’ by Leila Lindholm, published by New Holland. RRP is £12.99 although it’s on sale at a popular online bookshop for £7.14 you have the chance to win a copy, right here on my blog.  Scroll down to the bottom of the post and follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter widget. CLOSED

Try these Walnut Brownie Cupcakes from Hello Cupcake by Leila Lindholm

The book is dedicated to cupcakes and whoopie pies and contains lots of very tempting recipes some classic combinations like Butterfly Lemon Cupcakes and Double Chocolate Whoopie Pies.  Then there are some more unusual flavours like Rhubarb Cheesecake cupcakes, Sticky pecan upside down cupcakes and Nutella Whoopie Pies.  Then there are some really fun recipes like S’mores whoopie pies, Elvis Presley Cupcakes and Miss Piggy cupcakes!

I really liked that every few pages there was a page of tips, for example, tips about oven temperatures, or the story of the creation of Whoopie Pies.  The photographs are stunning, both of the cupcakes and the many children who feature enjoying the cakes!

I decided to bake the Walnut Brownie Cupcakes, not only because they looked delicious but so I could enter them for this month’s Alphabakes challenge – letter “W”.

Bite sized Walnut Brownie Cupcakes are a great way to have a little treat

Bite-sized Walnut Brownie Cupcakes are fun too, just enough of a chocolate hit and perfect for a more sophisticated afternoon tea. 

 

The recipe was easy to make, there was just one thing…the recipe says that it makes 12 cupcakes and I made 24 normal sized cupcakes and 10 mini cupcakes!  Not that I’m complaining but if you didn’t have two cupcake tins you might find you had to bake this in two batches.

Alphabakes is run by Ros at The more than occasional baker and Caroline at Caroline Makes a

 Disclaimer:  I was not required to write a positive review and any opinion expressed is my own.

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Comments

  1. Rainie Bish says

    July 11, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    Lemon

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  2. Cakeyboi says

    July 11, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    This looks delicious – my favourite cupcake – that I had recently was the Hummingbird bakery's black bottom cupcake- yummo!!

    Reply
  3. Claire says

    July 11, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    They look so good.
    http://claire-stitchart.blogspot.co.uk/

    Reply
  4. Aimee Ryan says

    July 11, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    I like lemon poppy seed 🙂

    Reply
  5. Hotrod mum says

    July 11, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    Red velvet

    Reply
  6. Blue Kitchen Bakes says

    July 11, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    Chocolate with chocolate icing 🙂

    Reply
  7. Karen S Booth says

    July 11, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    SO LUSH Janice and SUCH a great entry for Tea Time Treats! THANKS for baking them for our cake stall! Karen xx

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  8. Gillian Holmes says

    July 11, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    Strawberry

    Reply
  9. Caroline says

    July 12, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    These look delicious! Thanks for entering them into alphabakes.

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  10. Caroline says

    July 12, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    My favourite flavour has to be chocolate!

    Reply
  11. thelittleloaf says

    July 12, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    Ooh these little cupcakes look absolutely delicious. I always thought chocolate was my favourite cupcake flavour, but having recently made sticky toffee ones, I think it would be a tie!

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  12. Helen says

    July 12, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Yup, has to be chocolate for me too! Love the sound of the Walnut Brownie Cupcakes.

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  13. Mich - Piece of Cake says

    July 13, 2012 at 3:33 am

    Hi, I'm dropping by via Tea Time Treats. These sound really delicious. Walnuts and chocolate are a wonderful combination anytime.

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  14. Choclette says

    July 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    Ooh they sound wonderful Janice and they look really pretty too. I'm always up for getting hold of a new baking book.

    So far, I think white chocolate and matcha cupcakes have been my favourite – at least they were on that day anyway!

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  15. hannahmdy says

    July 14, 2012 at 9:04 am

    I love red velvet cupcakes 🙂

    Reply
  16. Carolin says

    July 14, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    I love making apple cupcakes! They are simple spongecake based cupcakes with a teaspoon sized sunken centre of small cut apple bits, apple sauce, raisins and cinnamon (all mixed together). And to finish them off I put some cinnamon and applejuice (instead of water) with the icing sugar. YUM! 🙂

    Reply
  17. Donna Lawton says

    July 16, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Ooh gosh that's hard to choose. The last one I had that was oh so scrummy was just simple old strawberry. Oh I want a cupcake now! x

    Reply
  18. Phyllis Ellett says

    July 17, 2012 at 3:52 am

    I love plain old vanilla

    Reply
  19. Maya Russell says

    July 17, 2012 at 9:31 am

    I love chocolate cupcakes – it has to be dark and rich though.

    Reply
  20. Corina says

    July 18, 2012 at 1:06 am

    Definitely chocolate!

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  21. maxineflossy says

    July 18, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    raspberry!

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  22. Jo Y says

    July 19, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    Vanilla with lots of buttercream

    Reply
  23. claire says

    July 19, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    Yum!!

    Reply
  24. Chrissie says

    July 22, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Red Velvet!

    Reply
  25. Cat (Yellow Days) says

    July 23, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    I like Nigella's cappucino cupcakes at the moment.

    Reply
  26. Debs Dust Bunny says

    July 23, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Wow …. these look beautiful!

    Reply
  27. Leanne says

    July 23, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    Fave flavour is red velvet. Nomnomnom

    Reply
  28. Nicoletta says

    July 23, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    Sticky Toffee

    Reply
  29. Johnson Babies says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    Lemon!

    Reply
  30. Garden Tea Cakes and Me says

    July 24, 2012 at 6:30 am

    Chocolate is my favourite but I could also be tempted with Lemon.

    Reply
  31. MaryMoh says

    July 26, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    Beautiful cupcake brownies! Love the frosting on top too.

    Reply
  32. Sandra Geddes says

    July 28, 2012 at 1:06 am

    Lemon x

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  33. Jacqueline says

    July 28, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    How did I miss these? They are so pretty. Feel free to bring some to the conference, hehe 🙂

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  34. Baking Addict says

    July 29, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    How did I miss these too? They look gorgeous – thanks for entering AlphaBakes. The book look great too!

    Reply
  35. Katharine says

    August 2, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    These look delicious, so nutty and sticky – right up my street!

    Reply

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