Hazelnut Layer Cake with Hazelnut Cream Frosting. Made of a rich chocolate cake, creamy hazelnut frosting, and chocolate ganache, this fudgy chocolate hazelnut layer cake is the ultimate treat for any celebration. Since all the layers of the cake are fudgy and creamy, adding some crunch by using chopped hazelnuts makes it even better. A deliciously light and moist soured cream cake with hazelnut and a hazelnut buttercream.

The promised Hazelnut Meringue Layer Cake. Man, I wish I could have a slice of this baby right now. This cake consists of four crispy hazelnut meringue layers filled with that velvety French coffee buttercream I told you guys about, and it's topped with crunchy, salted caramelized hazelnut clusters. You can prepare Hazelnut Layer Cake with Hazelnut Cream Frosting using 23 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Hazelnut Layer Cake with Hazelnut Cream Frosting

You need of For Vanilla Hazelnut Cake.
Prepare 3 cups of cake flopur.
It's 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1 2/3 cups of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
Prepare 1 1/2 of . cup granulated sugar.
Prepare 4 of large eggs, lightly beaten.
It's 2/3 cup of whole milk.
It's 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of hazelnut extract.
You need of For Hazelnut Cream Frosting.
It's 3 cups of cold heavy cream.
You need 8 ounces of marscapone cheese, at room temperature.
It's 1 cup of nutella hazelnut spread, at room tempersture.
Prepare 2 cups of confectioner's sugar.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Prepare of For Garnish.
It's as needed of cocoa powder for sprinkling.
Prepare of Roasted hazelnuts aa needed.
You need as needed of white chocolate shavings.
You need of For Garnish.
It's of Roasted hazelnuts aa needed.
Prepare as needed of white chocolate shavings.

Spread equal amounts of the hazelnut filling between each layer and frost top and sides of cake with the. This rich gluten-free cake is made with ground hazelnuts instead of flour, topped with whipped cream and chopped toasted hazelnuts. Whip the cream until stiff, and spread generously between layers, on top and on the sides of the cake. To assemble cake, place cake layer on serving plate or cake stand, meringue-side-up.

Hazelnut Layer Cake with Hazelnut Cream Frosting guidelines

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 10 inch, a 8 inch and a 6 inche cake pans with bakers spray.
In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add flour mixture alternating with milk beating just until smooth then add eggs and bea just until combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared o ans so that they all are the same height about 1 inch in each oan. You want the layers about the same height. Note my 10 inch pan seems to big but it's just because of its high sides.
Bake until a toothpick comes out just clean. The times will be slightly different for each pan. The 6 inch will take about 10 minutes, the 8 inch about 11 to 13 minutes and the 10 inch about 13 to 16 minutes. Cool on racks in pans 10,inutes then remove from pans to cool completely before frosting.
Make Hazelnut Cream Frosting.
In a bowl beat nutella and marscapone until smooth.
In another large bowl beat cream until it starts to thicken, add sugar and vanilla and beat until it holds its shspe.
Fold nutella/marscapone into whipped cream in 3 additions until uniform in color.
Assemble Cake.
Place 10 inch cake layer on a platter bottom up.
Frost with the hazelnut cream.
Center the 8 inch cake layer on the 10 inch layer, bottom up.
Frost with more hazelnut cream.
Finally center the 6 inch layer on the 8 inch layer and frost with more hazelnut cream. Neater up the whole cake with remaing frosting.
Sprinkle top with cocoa powder then decorate with whole roasted hazelnuts and white chocolate shavings. Chill at least 2 hours before slicing.
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Top with remaining cake layer, meringue-side-up. Top with dollops of whipped cream mixture, spreading slightly to cover top of cake. This elegant Austro-Hungarian hazelnut torte recipe is made with a nut sponge cake filled with caramelized almond whipped cream. Hazelnuts are often referred to as filberts and, while they are related, they grow on trees of different species. Besides the delicate hazelnut meringue layers, this hazelnut meringue cake is made with simple sponge cake, caramel frosting and chocolate ganache filling.