Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting

Name: Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 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

fenway @Fenway

This is a moist chocolate cake with a rich but light and creamy hazelnut filling. The filling is so good with the chocolate cake. Chill the cake for easy slicing, but serve at room temperature.

fenway @Fenway

This is a moist chocolate cake with a rich but light and creamy hazelnut filling. The filling is so good with the chocolate cake. Chill the cake for easy slicing, but serve at room temperature.

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Ingredients

40 mins

12 servings

FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE
1 3/4 cupsall purpose flour
2 cupsgranulated sugar
3/4 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoonbaking powder
1 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
1/2 teaspoonsalt
2large eggs
1 cupwhole milk
1/2 cupcanola oil
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 cuphot water
FOR THE HAZELNUT FILLING AND FROSTING
3 cupsheavy whipping cream, cold
8 ouncesmascarpone cheese, at room temperature
1 cupnutella, hazelnut spread
2 cupsconfectioner's sugar
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
GARNISH
1/4 cupnutella hazelnut spread
white and dark chocolate shavings, as needed
chopped hazelnuts, as needed

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Steps

40 mins

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MAKE CHOCO L ATE CAKE
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Spray 3 - 8 inch cake pans with bakers spray. Preheat oven to 350
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In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa power, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
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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
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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
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Beat mascarpone and nutella until smooth
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In another chilled bowl beat cream until soft peaks form
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Add sugar and vanilla until it holds its shape
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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
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Spread some filling on
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Add second layer of cake, bottom uo
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Frost with more filling
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Add last third layer
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And frost entire cake. Chill at least 2 hours before adding garnishes
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GARNISH CAKE
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Heat nutella spread just until spreadable in the microwave
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Drizzle over cake and decorate with chopped white and dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts
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fenway @Fenway

on March 06, 2016 00:52

“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.