A cake made from everyone's favorite chocolate-hazelnut Nutella
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It's hard to find someone who doesn't love sweets and isn't indifferent to baked goods. Many people enjoy homemade cakes, especially if they're handmade. Nutella cake ToThis is one of those dishes that just looking at it evokes positive emotions.
The chocolate-hazelnut spread we often eat in the morning with sandwiches can, in skilled hands, be used as a filling for homemade confectionery. Numerous photos show chocolate spread used as an ingredient in homemade sweets. The recipe for this sweet dessert is not particularly complicated, making it easy for any home cook to prepare.
The Nutella Story
Nutella is a chocolate-hazelnut spread. The cream was first created by Italian pastry chefs in 1964. Today, the recipe is no longer a secret, and this signature product is produced and sold worldwide. It is used as a filling for cakes and pancakes. Sandwiches, muffins, croissants, and toast with this filling make a great dessert for any occasion.
The recipe for chocolate-hazelnut spread is surprisingly simple. It includes sugar, milk powder, cocoa, hazelnuts, and other ingredients used as stabilizers. A distinctive feature of this spread is the complete absence of artificial colors and preservatives.
Originating from Italy, this paste is a ready-made cream, perfect for making a cake. Just use your imagination, look at the recipe and photos of the finished dish, and you can try your hand at creating a miracle at home.
Making your own pasta
Making a cake at home has its own unique challenges. Store-bought Nutella chocolate spread is quite expensive, and using store-bought product for cakes can be quite costly. There's a great alternative to real Nutella: homemade Nutella cream. The recipe is identical to the brand-name product. Using common ingredients, you can easily make your favorite spread at home in any quantity.
The photos show various pasta preparation options and various Nutella-based pastries, including the very cake we're offering. The key element of most pastries is the filling, so we'll begin creating our dessert by preparing the pasta.
Here's how to make Nutella at home. The main ingredients you'll need are:
- milk - 300 ml;
- flour, two tablespoons;
- cocoa - two tablespoons;
- granulated sugar - 3 tablespoons;
- butter - 50 g;
- walnuts – half a glass (chopped);
- chicken egg;
- vanillin - 1-2 g.
Nutella is quite simple to make. Each ingredient is added one at a time. Beat the egg, then whisk in the flour in a thin stream, followed by the sugar and cocoa. Pour the milk over everything and mix thoroughly again. At home, the cream can be made using whatever ingredients are on hand. You can use any nuts you like, and the amounts of butter and sugar can also be adjusted to suit your taste preferences.
Place the resulting mixture over low heat, stirring constantly. After 5-10 minutes of cooking, add the butter and ground nuts. Mix everything again and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until the paste is fully cooked.
Nutella cake is a great treat
The recipe for the paste may vary in the ingredients, quantities, and volume. For filling, it's best to make an excess of the cream. Homemade Nutella is delicious and, most importantly, economical. To complete the experience, you can use our paste as a cake filling.
Cake layers come in a variety of variations. Nutella cakes can be made with shortcrust pastry, ready-made wafer sheets, or puff pastry. The photo shows that the resulting dish will be very similar to the familiar Prague cake or the well-known Napoleon cake. The simplest option is to use ready-made wafer sheets, which simply need to be spread with cream. Either way, the result is a delicious dessert whose flavor will leave no one indifferent.
This homemade cake recipe is the simplest. The finished cream is best used immediately after preparation, when it's still warm and not set. This way, the paste will better soak into the layers, giving the cake the necessary moisture and density. The more cream, the better. Any leftover cream can be transferred to a separate container and stored in the refrigerator. This treat will later be a delicious addition to breakfast.
Generously coat each cake layer with cream and stack them on top of each other. Each cook uses their own recipe when preparing this dish. The shape of the dessert is completely customizable, as is the number of layers used. For decoration, you can use coconut flakes, chopped almonds or walnuts, or sliced tropical fruit.
Bon appetit!
