Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
Delicious, Quick & Easy Chocolate Cake with Coconut Ganache, for all year-round occasions
Ingredients
Cake
- 200g NESTLÉ Continental Bitter
- 150g butter, chopped coarsely
- 6 eggs, separated
- 150g caster sugar (2/3 cup )
- 150g hazelnut meal (1 ½ cups)
Coconut Ganache
- 200mL warm water
- 100g MAGGI Coconut Milk powder
- 400g Nestle Continental Bitter Couverture Chocolate
Preparation
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1Preheat oven to 150°C fan forced. Grease and line 20cm deep round cake pan with baking paper.
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2Over a gentle Bain- Marie melt the NESTLÉ Continental Bitter Chocolate & the butter, set aside to cool slightly.
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3Whisk the egg yolks & sugar until a light & creamy sabayon, fold in the chocolate mixture, gently fold in hazelnut meal.
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4Whisk egg whites to soft peaks & gently fold them into the chocolate mixture. Pour the mix into the cake tin & bake for 1 hour or until just firm to touch. Stand in pan for 10 minutes, Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
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5Meanwhile, make a Chocolate Coconut ganache, bring the MAGGI Coconut cream to the boil add the Nestle Dark bitter Chocolate & remove from heat, stirring until smooth, set aside to cool.
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6Cover the Cake with Coconut ganache & decorate with piped Ganache & NESTLÉ Scorched Almonds