Hazelnut Iced Ring

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/8 cups hazelnuts toasted and chopped
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 5/8 cups flour
• 9/16 tablespoon baking powder
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 2 3/4 tablespoons cocoa powder optional
• salt
• 5/8 cup milk chocolate minced
• 6 3/4 tablespoons heavy cream

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Add 50 gr. sugar to the hazelnuts Set aside 20 grams of hazelnuts for later use.
3. Beat the butter with the remaining sugar until creamy.
4. Add the eggs, flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, milk, nuts, and a pinch of salt. Mix well gently with a spatula.
5. Grease and lightly flour a 22-centimeter ring cake.
6. Pour in the mixture and bake for 50 minutes.
7. Leave to rest for 5 minutes, remove from pan and leave to cool on a cooling rack.
8. In a bowl, add the chocolate and the cream. Melt the chocolate in a microwave for 30 second up to 1 minute. Stir well and allow to cool.
9. Ice the cake and sprinkle with remaining nuts.

sugar, butter, eggs, flour, baking powder, milk, cocoa, salt, milk chocolate, heavy cream

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Hazelnut-Iced-Ring-531741 (may not work)