CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CAKE
Ingredients
For Cake:
1: plain flour 1 & 3/4 cups
2: granulated sugar 2 cups
3: unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4 cup
4: baking powder 1 & 1/2 tsp
5: baking soda 1 & 1/2 tsp
6: salt 1 tsp
7: eggs 2
8: milk 1 cup
9: vegetable oil 1/2 cup
10: hot water 1 cup
11: vanilla essence 2 tsp
For Filling:
1: whipping cream 200ml (chilled)
2: cream cheese 200g (room temperature)
3: nutella 3/4 cup
4: powder sugar 2 cups
5: vanilla essence 1 tsp
For Assembling:
1: nutella 1/3 cup
2: ferrero rocher chocolate 12
Instructions
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CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CAKE
Preheat Oven 350f, 180c, Gas Mark 4.
1: grease two 8inch cake pans.
2: sieve flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mix well with a spoon. Now add the sugar and mix well with a spoon.
3: add water, milk, oil, vanilla essence and beat for 2 minutes.
4: now add the eggs and beat for 40 seconds.
5: divide the batter in the two can pans, bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until enter is set and toothpick comes out clean.
6: leave to cool in the tin for 30 minutes, then remove from the tin and let it cool completely on the wire rack.
7: in a bowl add the chilled cream and beat till gets thick.
8: in a separate bowl beat cream cheese, Nutella till combined, then add the vanilla, powder sugar and beat till combined.
9: now add the cream in the Nutella mixture and beat till thick.
10: place one cake on a serving plate upside down spread a thick layer of whipped mixture, top the other cake on it upside down and press slightly and spread the remaining cream on top.
11: now add the Ferrero rocher chocolate on the top.
12: melt the Nutella in the microwave and drizzle it on the cake.
13: serve and enjoy :)
