Buongiorno
a tutti!! Happy Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re spending today with your
boyfriend, spouse or just a group of friends, I have the perfect treat to
share. It involves nutella and chocolate. Do I have your attention now? I
thought so. I am making my Death by Nutella Cake for tonight’s festivities (and
no, I’m not telling you what they are!!). This cake is incredible. I made it
the first time a few weeks ago and brought it to some friends who went nuts
over it!
This
is a layer cake made with a nutella brownie, nutella mousse, nutella glaze,
melted chocolate and roasted hazelnuts. It’s insane. If you aren’t in love, you
will be!! And if you’re looking to seal the deal with some tonight, I think
this cake will do the trick. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be around you more if
you keep baking cakes like this!?!? This cake is a lot of steps, but believe me…it
is 100% worth it. Enjoy!!
DEATH BY NUTELLA CAKE
Nutella
Brownie
1 stick
unsalted butter
½ cup cocoa
powder
¾ cup sugar
½ cup nutella
3 ounces melted
chocolate
2 eggs
½ cup flour
½ tsp. salt
Preheat your
oven to 350 degrees. Butter a round cake pan (9 by 1 ½ inch pan) and set to the
side.
Melt
1 stick of butter and ½ cup of cocoa powder in the microwave, very slowly. You
will want the cocoa to completely blend with the butter until it is smooth.
When it’s silky, add ¾ cup sugar, ½ cup of nutella and 3 ounces of melted
chocolate. Whisk in 2 eggs, add ½ cup flour and ½ tsp. salt. Fold. Make sure
there are no lumps!! Pour into your cake and bake for 30 minutes.
When
it is done, take it out of the oven and allow to cool for at least two hours.
In the meantime, prepare the nutella mousse….
Nutella
Mousse
1 cup heavy
cream
1 tsp. espresso
powder
1 tsp. hazelnut
extract
½ cup nutella
In a medium
size steel bowl, add 1 cup heavy cream, 1 tsp. espresso power and 1 tsp.
hazelnut extract. Whisk until the espresso powder is dissolved. Add ½ cup
nutella and using an electric beater, whisk until soft peaks form, this should
take around 2-3 minutes. Do not overbeat though. Cover the bowl and refrigerate
for two hours. Prepare the nutella glaze now..
Nutella
Glaze
1 cup powdered
sugar
¼ cup nutella
3 tbsp. milk
Add powdered
sugar, nutella and milk to a medium size bowl. Whisk together until smooth.
Chocolate
Drizzle
3 ounces of 70%
chocolate
Prepare
a double boiler filled with an inch of water and melt chocolate slowly until
smooth. Set aside.
Toasted
Hazelnuts
½
cup of blanched and toasted hazelnuts
After
blanching and toasting the hazelnuts, roughly chop them and set aside.
Assembling
the Cake
Step 1- First start off with the
cooled nutella brownie. Using a serrated knife carefully cut the brownie into
two layers. Set one layer aside, leaving the other bottom layer where you will
fully prepare and present it when it is done.
Step 2- Take the nutella mousse out
of the refrigerator and spoon onto the bottom brownie layer. It should flow
over the whole cake. Using a spatula spread over the brownie, leaving an inch
or so of the edges of the brownie bare (when you put the final brownie layer on
top, it will naturally push some of the mousse further.)
Step 3- Drizzle 1 ounce of the melted
chocolate over the mousse layer.
Step 4- Carefully put the top brownie
layer over the mousse layer. Drizzle the rest of the melted chocolate over the
top layer. Pour the glaze over the top brownie layer and spread evenly. Let is
drip over the sides of the cake.
Step 5- Last but not least, sprinkle
the chopped hazelnuts over the top of the cake. Buon Appetito!!
Oh my!
ReplyDeleteValentines Day is definitely a day for chocolate, what a delicious dessert!
I hope you have a gorgeous day :)
Wonderful cake!
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ReplyDeleteAngela
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