Grandma's juicy hazelnut cake
Grandma's juicy hazelnut cake, so easy to make, best enjoyed with a cup of hot chocolate or tea.
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 420kcal
Equipment
- 1 cake tin
- 1 blender
- 1 microwave
- 1 hand or stand mixer
- 1 oven
Ingredients
- 250 g butter softened
- 200 g caster sugar
- 1.5 tbsp vanilla sugar or essence
- 4 large eggs
- 200 g plain flour
- 1.5 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 250 g hazelnuts ground
- 150 ml milk
Glaze
- 250 g dark chocolate
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 80 g hazelnuts roughly chopped
Instructions
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a cake tin.
- Beat softened butter, sugar and vanilla sugar until pale and fluffy.
- One by one, beat in the eggs, beating each egg for 1 minute.
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Fold into the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk. Do not overmix.
- Add ground hazelnuts, and quickly combine.
- Fill your favourite cake tin with the dough and bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool to room temperature.
Glaze
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Drizzle in coconut oil and mix until smooth.
- Pour glaze over the cake. Decorate with chopped hazelnuts while the glaze is still wet.