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Ferrero Rocher Cake.
Ferrero Rocher Cake.
- Recipe Submitted by Cornbread on 11/22/2014
Category: Holiday, Kids, Chocolate, Eggs, Cakes
Ingredients List
- Cake Layers
- 7 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ cups sugar, granulated
- 2 cups finely ground hazelnuts or hazelnut flour
- 3 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tsp baking powder
- Frosting
- 300 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2¼ cups chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
- ½ cup Nutella
- Also
- 1.5 cup wafers, crushed
- Decorating
- 10 Ferrero Rocher Candies
- ¾ cups hazelnuts, chopped / or ¾ cups wafers, crushed
Directions
=======Cake Layers=============
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 ”“ 8 inch round pans with foil and spray with non stick spray, or butter the sides.
2. Sift flour, cocoa & baking powder. Stir in ground nuts.
3. Whip eggs on high speed, until frothy. Slowly add the sugar and continue whipping until tripled in volume, about 5 minutes.
4. Fold dry ingredients into the eggs , in 3 additions.
5. Divide the batter evenly between 2 ”“ 8 inch pans and bake at 350F, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Once baked, leave in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
==========Make the Frosting==============
1. Melt chocolate in microwave, on low heat, in short intervals, stirring each between each time. Bring to room temperature.
2. Whip chocolate, butter & Nutella until thoroughly combined.
=========Assembly=======
1. Once the cake is cool, split each cake in 2 even layers.
2. Crush wafers by putting in a ziplock bag, then going over them with a rolling pin or something heavy.
3. Reserve ¾ cup frosting for decorating.
4. Place a dab of frosting onto a serving platter.
5. Put 1 cake layer on top and press to adhere.
6. Put ¼ of the remaining frosting onto the cake and spread around evenly. Sprinkle with â…“ of the crushed wafers.
7. Repeat above 2 steps with the remaining cake layers.
8. Pipe 8 stars on top of the cake.
9. Cover the cake sides with reserved frosting.
10. Press the crushed wafers or chopped hazelnuts onto the sides of the cake.
11. Place 1 Ferrero Rocher candy on top of each piped star.
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 ”“ 8 inch round pans with foil and spray with non stick spray, or butter the sides.
2. Sift flour, cocoa & baking powder. Stir in ground nuts.
3. Whip eggs on high speed, until frothy. Slowly add the sugar and continue whipping until tripled in volume, about 5 minutes.
4. Fold dry ingredients into the eggs , in 3 additions.
5. Divide the batter evenly between 2 ”“ 8 inch pans and bake at 350F, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Once baked, leave in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
==========Make the Frosting==============
1. Melt chocolate in microwave, on low heat, in short intervals, stirring each between each time. Bring to room temperature.
2. Whip chocolate, butter & Nutella until thoroughly combined.
=========Assembly=======
1. Once the cake is cool, split each cake in 2 even layers.
2. Crush wafers by putting in a ziplock bag, then going over them with a rolling pin or something heavy.
3. Reserve ¾ cup frosting for decorating.
4. Place a dab of frosting onto a serving platter.
5. Put 1 cake layer on top and press to adhere.
6. Put ¼ of the remaining frosting onto the cake and spread around evenly. Sprinkle with â…“ of the crushed wafers.
7. Repeat above 2 steps with the remaining cake layers.
8. Pipe 8 stars on top of the cake.
9. Cover the cake sides with reserved frosting.
10. Press the crushed wafers or chopped hazelnuts onto the sides of the cake.
11. Place 1 Ferrero Rocher candy on top of each piped star.
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