Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

The recipe Chocolate Hazelnut Cake can be made in approximately 45 minutes. For $2.03 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 12. One serving contains 851 calories, 10g of protein, and 39g of fat. If you have sugar, sugar, egg whites, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe from Foodista has 46 fans. With a spoonacular score of 33%, this dish is rather bad. Similar recipes include Chocolate Kahlua Cake With Salted Hazelnut Chocolate Buttercream, Chocolate-Hazelnut Cake, and Chocolate Hazelnut Cake.

Servings: 12

 

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons baking soda

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup buttermilk

2 1/4 cups cake flour

2 tablespoons coffee

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

3 egg whites, room temperature

4 egg yolks

3 eggs, room temperature

1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 tablespoons golden syrup

1 cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped

2 1/2 cups heavy cream

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 cup Frangelico liqueur

2/3 cup sugar

3/4 cup sugar

1 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup boiling water

7 1/2 tablespoons water

Equipment:

oven

sauce pan

whisk

bowl

ladle

plastic wrap

hand mixer

pot

Cooking instruction summary:

  1. Starting with cake, cream butter and sugars until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla.
  2. Pour into chocolate and mix well.
  3. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
  4. Stir coffee into boiling water until combined, then pour into cake batter and stir until smooth.
  5. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with floured baking spray. Dust with cocoa. Evenly spread cake batter between both pans. Bang lightly on the counter to settle batter.
  6. Bake for 30 minutes, or until tester comes out clean, in a preheated oven at 350 degrees. Let cakes cool on a rack for at least an hour.
  7. As cakes cool, move on to hazelnut pastry cream. Pour whipping cream in a sauce pan and scald (heat just before boiling).
  8. In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolks with sugar. Add flour and cornstarch. Whisk until smooth.
  9. Use a ladle to scoop about a cup of the hot cream into the eggy sugar. Whisk immediately and quickly to combine.
  10. Pour remaining cream in with eggs and keep stirring. Return warm mixture to sauce pan.
  11. Continue to cook, whisking all the while, until thick.
  12. Pour into a heat safe bowl and whisk in vanilla and Frangelico until smooth and creamy. Cover with plastic wrap directly touching the cream so a film will not form. Let the cream sit until its reached room temperature. Cool completely in fridge.* Stir hazelnuts into cream once cold.
  13. Level off both cooled cakes and slice each one in half, so there are four layers.
  14. Lay down one cake layer and smooth about a third of the hazelnut cream on top, spreading to about 1/2 inch from edge. Repeat with next two layers and top with last layer. Place cake in fridge to set while you make the frosting.
  15. For the frosting, whisk all of the ingredients in a medium sized heat resistant bowl. Place bowl on top of a slightly larger pot with 1-2 inches of hot, simmering water. (Do not let water level reach the bottom part of the bowl.)
  16. With an electric mixer, beat egg white mixture for six minutes. Remove from heat and continue beating for another minute while adding the vanilla.
  17. Allow frosting to cool slightly (we put it in the fridge for about 10 minutes) before frosting cake. Top with extra hazelnuts.
  18. You can make the pastry cream 1-2 days ahead of time, which is exactly what we did. Do not stir in the hazelnuts until right before you plan to use it.

 

Step by step:


1. Starting with cake, cream butter and sugars until smooth.

2. Add eggs and vanilla.

3. Pour into chocolate and mix well.Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.

4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients alternately with buttermilk.Stir coffee into boiling water until combined, then pour into cake batter and stir until smooth.Spray two 9-inch cake pans with floured baking spray. Dust with cocoa. Evenly spread cake batter between both pans. Bang lightly on the counter to settle batter.

5. Bake for 30 minutes, or until tester comes out clean, in a preheated oven at 350 degrees.

6. Let cakes cool on a rack for at least an hour.As cakes cool, move on to hazelnut pastry cream.

7. Pour whipping cream in a sauce pan and scald (heat just before boiling).In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolks with sugar.

8. Add flour and cornstarch.

9. Whisk until smooth.Use a ladle to scoop about a cup of the hot cream into the eggy sugar.

10. Whisk immediately and quickly to combine.

11. Pour remaining cream in with eggs and keep stirring. Return warm mixture to sauce pan.Continue to cook, whisking all the while, until thick.

12. Pour into a heat safe bowl and whisk in vanilla and Frangelico until smooth and creamy. Cover with plastic wrap directly touching the cream so a film will not form.

13. Let the cream sit until its reached room temperature. Cool completely in fridge.* Stir hazelnuts into cream once cold.Level off both cooled cakes and slice each one in half, so there are four layers.Lay down one cake layer and smooth about a third of the hazelnut cream on top, spreading to about 1/2 inch from edge. Repeat with next two layers and top with last layer.

14. Place cake in fridge to set while you make the frosting.For the frosting, whisk all of the ingredients in a medium sized heat resistant bowl.

15. Place bowl on top of a slightly larger pot with 1-2 inches of hot, simmering water. (Do not let water level reach the bottom part of the bowl.)With an electric mixer, beat egg white mixture for six minutes.

16. Remove from heat and continue beating for another minute while adding the vanilla.Allow frosting to cool slightly (we put it in the fridge for about 10 minutes) before frosting cake. Top with extra hazelnuts.You can make the pastry cream 1-2 days ahead of time, which is exactly what we did. Do not stir in the hazelnuts until right before you plan to use it.


Nutrition Information:

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851 Calories
10g Protein
39g Total Fat
114g Carbs
3% Health Score
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Calories
851
43%

Fat
39g
61%

  Saturated Fat
20g
126%

Carbohydrates
114g
38%

  Sugar
88g
99%

Cholesterol
197mg
66%

Sodium
459mg
20%

Alcohol
2g
13%

Caffeine
9mg
3%

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Protein
10g
20%

Manganese
0.98mg
49%

Selenium
21µg
30%

Vitamin A
1151IU
23%

Copper
0.38mg
19%

Vitamin E
2mg
18%

Phosphorus
177mg
18%

Vitamin B2
0.26mg
15%

Magnesium
50mg
13%

Calcium
117mg
12%

Iron
2mg
11%

Folate
41µg
10%

Vitamin B1
0.14mg
10%

Fiber
2g
10%

Potassium
309mg
9%

Vitamin D
1µg
9%

Vitamin B5
0.85mg
9%

Zinc
1mg
8%

Vitamin B12
0.44µg
7%

Vitamin B6
0.14mg
7%

Vitamin K
4µg
4%

Vitamin B3
0.75mg
4%

Vitamin C
0.93mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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