Ellie’s hazelnut cake
This cake is delightful - light, airy, nutty and the cream is lovely and sweet without tasting too rich. It’s starts with a meringue mix, and needs a lot of care so it’s not a cake for a quick night fix but more for an afternoon tea or dinner party dessert.
The icing isn’t meant to be so goopy, but I was too impatient to beat the cream!
Ingredients
Cake
3 eggs, seperated
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/3 cup cornflour
1/3 cup self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup finely ground hazelnuts
Coffee Cream
1 1/2 cup double thickened cream
1/4 cup icing sugar
2 tsp instant coffee powder
2 tablespoons chocolate hazelnut spread (like Nutella)
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and line a 20cm springform round cake tin with butter and baking paper (this is important to prevent the cake from sticking).
2. Place egg whites in a clean bowl and beat till firm peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, beating constantly till the mixture has become thick and glossy.
Bwa-ha-ha! I am the meringue monster!
3. Add egg yolks and vanilla, beat v. briefly till combined (no more than 15-20 seconds). Sift together cornflour and baking powder, mix in cornflour, self-raising flour and ground hazelnuts, alternating and working quickly and lightly. Do NOT overmix, as this will result in the cake mix losing air.
Even the cake mix is insanely light!
4. Spread mixture into cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes, till cake is lightly golden and has shrunk from the sides of the cake tin. Make sure that a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out perfectly clean. Leave in the open oven for 5 minutes before turning out to cool.
Look at that golden beauty!
To make coffee cream:
Using electric beaters, beat all ingredients together till the cream is thick and holds firm peaks. Cut cream in half, spread with cream, then put the top on and cover with cream again. Top can be decorated with walnuts and chocolate curls for presentation.
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Comments
Ellie Hehehe, it’s totally delish 
*eyes the cake*
I can try and mail you a slice, but methinks the goopy icing might get even stranger by the time it gets there! XD
chocolatesuze yum! im new to your blog but i love the step by step fotos and boy does that cake look great!
Ellie Hi Suze - thanks for stopping by Glad you like it!
Hey Lisa - yah yah, all is good, I’m just at the arse end of my semester at the moment with all assignments due in shortly, so I’ve been concentrating on my uni work *irritated sigh* bah! Can’t wait till it’s over!
That looks divine, my dear
And the combo of hazelnuts with coffee cream.. ohhhhhhh yum! I’d like a slice, please.. hurry! 