Flourless chocolate and hazelnut cake recipe
- 375 g (13.2oz) whole hazelnuts
- 375 g (13.2oz) chocolate (70% cocoa), melted
- 375 g (13.2oz) butter - at room temperature
- 200 g (7.1oz) soft brown sugar
- 175 g (6.2oz) caster sugar
- 9 medium free-range eggs
- 50 ml (1.8fl oz) Frangelico
- 2 tbsp double cream
- 250 g (8.8oz) mascarpone
- Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4.
- Prepare a 26cm cake tin by greasing it with a little oil and lining with baking parchment.
- Roast the hazelnuts in the oven for about 10 minutes, or until they are dark brown.
- Allow them to cool and then put them on the bottom half of a clean tea towel on a work surface.
- Fold over the other half of the tea towel and rub vigorously to remove the skins.
- Put the skinned nuts in a food processor and blitz until they have the consistency of breadcrumbs.
- Melt the chocolate by placing it in a glass bowl and slowly heating the bowl over gently boiling water.
- Fold the hazelnuts through the chocolate.
- Put the butter and sugars in a bowl and use an electric whisk to make them pale and fluffy.
- Start adding the eggs two at a time, whilst whisking, alternating with spoonfuls of the chocolate and hazelnut mixture.
- Scrape the whole mixture into your prepared tin and put into the preheated oven.
- Check the cake after 1 hour.
- The top of the cake should be set and a skewer put into the centre will come out still wet but not too raw (the cake settles down and sets inside as it cools).
- Whilst it is still warm, pierce the cake many times over the top with the skewer and sprinkle over the Frangelico.
- Allow the cake to cool completely in the tin.
- Fold the double cream into the mascarpone until smooth.
- Cut the cake just before you want to eat it and serve with a generous spoonful of mascarpone cream.
hazelnuts, chocolate, butter, brown sugar, eggs, frangelico, cream, mascarpone
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/17990/flourless-chocolate-and-hazelnut-cake-recipe (may not work)