Hazelnut Crunch Cake with Mascarpone and Chocolate

Name: Hazelnut Crunch Cake with Mascarpone and Chocolate
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters bittersweet chocolate chips; 237 milliliters cream; 1 box chocolate cake mix; 128 grams cup (about hazelnuts, toasted and skinned; 454 grams mascarpone cheese, room temperature; 1 teaspoon orange zest; 177 milliliters powdered sugar; 158 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 79 milliliters water

This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 809 calories, 11g of protein, and 49g of fat. If $1.53 per serving falls in your budget, Hazelnut Crunch Cake with Mascarpone and Chocolate might be an amazing vegetarian recipe to try. Head to the store and pick up hazelnuts, chocolate cake mix, water, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Butter and flour two 8-inch cake pans. Prepare the cake mix according to package instructions. Divide the batter between the 2 cake pans and bake according to package instructions.

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Cake Mix

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Place the toasted nuts close together in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

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Nuts

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Baking Sheet

Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir the sugar mixture until dissolved. Bring to a boil and let cook until the sugar is light brown, about 8 minutes.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Let the bubbles subside then pour the caramelized sugar over the nuts.

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Sugar

Nuts

Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator and let the sugar nut mixture cool until hard, about 30 minutes. When the sugar nut mixture is hard and cool, top with another piece of parchment paper and pound into small pieces, or place the sugar nut mixture on a cutting board and cut into small pieces. Set aside.

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Sugar

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Baking Paper

Cutting Board

Baking Sheet

Put the mascarpone cheese, cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla into a large mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer whip the cream mixture to soft peaks. Fold the Crunch mixture into the whipped cream.

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Mascarpone

Powdered Sugar

Whipped Cream

Vanilla

Cream

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Place the chocolate, sugar and zest in a food processor. Process the mixture until the chocolate is finely ground.

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Chocolate

Sugar

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Food Processor

Put 1 cake on a serving plate. Top with 1-inch of the whipped cream crunch mixture. Top with the second layer of cake and continue frosting the entire cake with the remaining whipped cream crunch mixture.

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Whipped Cream

Frosting