Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Name: Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 517 grams package devils food cake mix; 12 hazelnuts; 710 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 111 grams package instant chocolate pudding mix; 355 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 59 milliliters water

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert collection. This recipe serves 3. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 2152 calories, 23g of protein, and 127g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up devil's food cake mix, semisweet chocolate chips, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Prepare cake mix according to package directions, using required ingredients, plus pudding mix, vanilla, and an additional 1/4 cup of water.

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Cake Mix

Vanilla

Water

Spread batter evenly among three greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.

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Spread

Bake at temperature specified on cake mix box for 18 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Cake Mix

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Toothpicks

Oven

Let cakes cool completely, then chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

In a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate chips. Gradually add 1/4 cup of the whipping cream, stirring constantly until smooth.

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Chocolate Chips

Whipping Cream

Water

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Double Boiler

Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature. Beat 3/4 cup of whipping cream until soft peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the cooled chocolate mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup of the finely chopped hazelnuts. Chill 30 minutes.

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Whipping Cream

Whipped Cream

Chocolate

Hazelnuts

Beat remaining 2 cups of whipping cream until soft peaks form, then fold in the remaining 1/2 cup of chopped hazelnuts. Chill until ready to frost cake.

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Whipping Cream

Hazelnuts

Place 1 cake layer on cake plate.

Spread 1/2 of the chilled chocolate mixture over top.

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Chocolate

Spread

Add another cake layer.

Spread with other 1/2 of chocolate mixture. Top with last cake layer. Frost entire cake with hazelnut-whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream