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You can cook Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting with 22 Ingredients and 23 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting:
- FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE.
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour.
- 2 cups granulated sugar.
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder.
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- 2 large eggs.
- 1 cup whole milk.
- 1/2 cup canola oil.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- 1 cup hot water.
- FOR THE HAZELNUT FILLING AND FROSTING.
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream, cold.
- 8 ounces mascarpone cheese, at room temperature.
- 1 cup nutella, hazelnut spread.
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- GARNISH.
- 1/4 cup nutella hazelnut spread.
- white and dark chocolate shavings, as needed.
- chopped hazelnuts, as needed.
Step by step how to cook Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting:
- MAKE CHOCO L ATE CAKE.
- Spray 3 - 8 inch cake pans with bakers spray. Preheat oven to 350.
- In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa power, baking soda, baking powder and salt..
- In another bowl whisk together, eggs, milk, canola oil, vanilla and add to flour mixture and beat just until smoooth, beat in hot water just until combined.
- Pour evenly into prepared pans and bake for about 15 to 18 minutes just until a toothpick comes out just clean. Cool in pans 15 minutes then remove and cool completely.
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- MAKE NUTELLA FILLING AND FROSTING.
- Beat mascarpone and nutella until smooth.
- In another chilled bowl beat cream until soft peaks form.
- Add sugar and vanilla until it holds its shape.
- Fold nutella/mascarpone mixture into whipped cream in 3 additions until uniform in color.
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- ASSEMBLE CAKE Place 1 layer, bottom up on serving plate.
- Spread some filling on.
- Add second layer of cake, bottom uo.
- Frost with more filling.
- Add last third layer.
- And frost entire cake. Chill at least 2 hours before adding garnishes.
- GARNISH CAKE.
- Heat nutella spread just until spreadable in the microwave.
- Drizzle over cake and decorate with chopped white and dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts.
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