Nutella Easiest Cake is absolutely divine. Fabulous recipe! Simple sponge base, Nutella filling, Chocolate filling and more.
Love it. This recipe is simple, yet elegant. The combination of hazelnut, chocolate and Nutella is divine.
BTW, this is great Happy Birthday Cake. Simple but FAB!
So, if you never heard of Nutella cake … let me help you.
DESCRIPTION
This cake is the easiest cake to make. Very simple base or sponge cake base made using 2 eggs.
Once you have the base, you can start building your the most amazing Nutella cake:
- Layer of Nutella
- Yellow filling
- Hazelnuts
- Chocolate Filling
Decoration: grounded hazelnuts, grated chocolate, whip cream
Important: You will make Yellow filling and Chocolate filling from one simple recipe. (yes, it is that easy. 2 for 1).
Now, are you ready to become the most famous domestic goddess? Of course you are. You are also ready for our favorite part of life called: Shopping. So, let’s start with the ingredients you need to buy.
SHOPPING LIST
- flour
- sugar (regular, white)
- icing sugar
- eggs, large (organic, if you can. Visit your local farmers market)
- hazelnuts
- milk (2%)
- butter (unsalted)
- chocolate (semi-sweet)
- Dr.Oetker Vanilla pudding
- Nutella
Optional: Jaffa Cakes or Oreo Cookies
EQUIPMENT
KitchenAid Mixer or your favorite mixer
Mixing bowls
6 inch baking pan, removable bottom
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Ingredients
Cake Base
2 eggs, large
1/3 cup regular, white sugar
1/3 cup flour (all purpose, unbleached)
1/8 tsp baking powder
Filling (Yellow and Chocolate)
5 egg yolks
1/3 cup +1 TBSP sugar
2 packages Dr. Oetker Vanilla puddding (can’t use instant)
3 3/4 cups milk (2%)
1/2 cup butter, unsalted
1/3 cup icing sugar
3 oz chocolate, semi-sweet (or use unsweetened)
1 cup Nutella
1/2 cup hazelnuts, grounded or chopped
Optional: Jaffa cakes, Oreo cookies…
INSTRUCTIONS
How to make Nutella cake base.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Line bottoms of 6 inch cake pans with parchment paper. (do not grease the sides or the bottom). Set aside.
Mixing Bowl:
First mix eggs and sugar for about 6 minutes.
Mix until the mixture becomes thick, fluffy and triples in volume, for about 6 minutes.
Your next step is adding the flour. You are not going to use mixer at this point.
Add the flour, baking powder and fold with a spatula. Stop mixing when no streaks of flour remain.
Be sure the flour is incorporated.
Important #3: Do not over-mix.
Pour the batter into 6 inch prepared pan.
Bake for about 19 minutes but start checking after 15 minutes. ( be sure to check using the toothpick)
Insert the wooden toothpick near the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
Cool the cake. Remove from the pan.
Making Nutella Cake Filling
Add 5 eggs yolks and sugar into the mixing bowl. Mix for about 3 minutes.
Then add 2 Dr. Oetker Vanilla pudding and 1/2 cup milk. (room temperature).
Mix until all ingredients are incorporated. (another minute or two)
Meanwhile, add 3 1/4 cup cold milk into large pot.
Bring the milk to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the egg/pudding mixture.
Return to heat and stir non stop for about 3 minutes or until thickness.
Remove from heat, transfer to the mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it cool.
While the filling is cooling, mix butter and icing sugar until incorporated. (2 minutes)
Add cooled yellow filling to the mixed butter.
Mix all ingredients until incorporated.
MELTING CHOCOLATE
Melt chocolate using the double method. Cool it. Set aside.
ASSEMBLY OF Easy Nutella Cake
Using the same 6 inch removable pan start building the cake.
Place sponge cake at the bottom of the pan.
Add 1 cup Nutella (or as much to cover the base of the cake).
Cover the Nutella with Jaffa cakes or Oreo cookies.
Add half of yellow filling on the top of Jaffa cakes or Oreo cookies.
Sprinkle with grounded hazelnuts.
Stop assembly for a second or until you make chocolate filling.
Important: Add melted, cooled chocolate to the second half of yellow filling. Mix until incorporated.
Pour chocolate filling on top of yellow filling.
Transfer the whole cake to the fridge for 6 hours or overnight.
NEXT DAY:
Decorate with hazelnuts, shaved chocolate or whip cream.
Enjoy and share.
Review the Steps
-make 6 inch sponge cake
-Cool it
-Make yellow filling
-Melt chocolate. Cool it.
-Assembly the cake in this order:
- sponge cake
- Nutella
- Jaffa cakes
- half of the yellow filling
- sprinkle with grounded hazelnuts
- add melted chocolate to second part of yellow filling and you just made chocolate filling
- add chocolate filing on top of yellow filling
- decorate as you wish
Quick Note
Jaffa Cakes – you can buy in the Walmart (international section) or check amazon.
Hazelnut – use toasted hazelnuts. Do you know how to toast hazelnut? Check the LINK
Yellow Filling – If you want you can divide yellow filling into two separate bowls. Add melted chocolate to second part and mix it. So, you can do assembly faster but you will have two bowls to clean.
Butter – I used organic. It is expensive but I wanted to use the best ingredients for this Nutella cake.
Chocolate – I used semi-sweet. You can use your favorite. (unsweetened, 70% cocoa… and so on)
Vanilla Pudding – YOU CAN’T USE INSTANT. It has to be Dr. Oetker. (check the picture below)
FINAL NOTE
Nutella easiest cake is your cake if you like Nutella and chocolate.
It is an easy recipe to make. Don’t roll your eyes. Yes, it has a few extra steps but it is worth it.
Yes, this cake is definitely the cake to MAKE. And Impress or say Happy Birthday.
Final Grade: A+
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Nutella Easiest Cake
Nutella Easiest Cake is absolutely divine.
Fabulous recipe! Simple sponge base, Nutella filling, Chocolate filling and more
Ingredients
- Cake Base
- 2 eggs, large
- 1/3 cup regular, white sugar
- 1/3 cup flour (all purpose, unbleached)
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- Filling (Yellow and Chocolate)
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup +1 TBSP sugar
- 2 packages Dr. Oetker Vanilla puddding (can't use instant)
- 3 3/4 cups milk (2%)
- 1/2 cup butter, unsalted
- 1/3 cup icing sugar
- 3 oz chocolate, semi-sweet (or use unsweetened)
- 1 cup Nutella
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts, grounded or chopped
- Optional: Jaffa cakes, Oreo cookies...
Instructions
How to make Nutella cake base.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Line bottoms of 6 inch cake pans with parchment paper. (do not grease the sides or the bottom). Set aside.
Mixing Bowl:
First mix eggs and sugar for about 6 minutes.
Mix until the mixture becomes thick, fluffy and triples in volume, for about 6 minutes.
Your next step is adding the flour. You are not going to use mixer at this point.
Add the flour, baking powder and fold with a spatula. Stop mixing when no streaks of flour remain.
Be sure the flour is incorporated.
Important #3: Do not over-mix.
Pour the batter into 6 inch prepared pan.
Bake for about 19 minutes but start checking after 15 minutes. ( be sure to check using the toothpick)
Insert the wooden toothpick near the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
Cool the cake. Remove from the pan.
Making Nutella Cake Filling
Add 5 eggs yolks and sugar into the mixing bowl. Mix for about 3 minutes.
Then add 2 Dr. Oetker Vanilla pudding and 1/2 cup milk. (room temperature).
Mix until all ingredients are incorporated. (another minute or two)
Meanwhile, add 3 1/4 cup cold milk into large pot.
Bring the milk to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the egg/pudding mixture.
Return to heat and stir non stop for about 3 minutes or until thickness.
Remove from heat, transfer to the mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it cool.
While the filling is cooling, mix butter and icing sugar until incorporated. (2 minutes)
Add cooled yellow filling to the mixed butter.
Mix all ingredients until incorporated.
MELTING CHOCOLATE
Melt chocolate using the double method. Cool it. Set aside.
ASSEMBLY OF Easy Nutella Cake
Using the same 6 inch removable pan start building the cake.
Place sponge cake at the bottom of the pan.
Add 1 cup Nutella (or as much to cover the base of the cake).
Cover the Nutella with Jaffa cakes or Oreo cookies.
Add half of yellow filling on the top of Jaffa cakes or Oreo cookies.
Sprinkle with grounded hazelnuts.
Stop assembly for a second or until you make chocolate filling.
Important: Add melted, cooled chocolate to the second half of yellow filling. Mix until incorporated.
Pour chocolate filling on top of yellow filling.
Transfer the whole cake to the fridge for 6 hours or overnight.
NEXT DAY:
Decorate with hazelnuts, shaved chocolate or whip cream.
Enjoy, share.
Notes
Review the Steps
-make 6 inch sponge cake
-Cool it
-Make yellow filling
-Melt chocolate using double boiler method. Cool it.
-Divide Yellow filling into 2
-Add melted chocolate to second part of yellow filling
-Assemble the cake
-Decorate as you wish
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