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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

  • cakes

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup hazelnuts, chopped
  • 6 ounces semisweet chocolate (6 squares)
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream, warmed
  • 2 tablespoons rum or apricot brandy

Directions

  1. In a food processor, whirl the eggs and sugar until thoroughly mixed.
  2. Add cocoa, flour, baking powder, and chopped hazelnuts. Blend well.
  3. Pour into 2 greased layer pans. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. Cool the layers.
  4. Fill and frost with mocha frosting.
  5. Melt the chocolate over low heat, or microwave at medium power for 3 to 4 minutes; stir to finish melting.
  6. Stir in the cream and rum or brandy; drizzle the warm glaze over the cake.
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
4 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp cocoa
2 tbsp flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup hazelnuts
6 oz semisweet chocolate, 6 squares
1/3 cup whipping cream, warmed
2 tbsp rum or apricot brandy
In food processor whirl eggs and sugar until thoroughly mixed.
Add cocoa flour baking powder and hazelnuts (chopped). Blend well.
Pour into 2 greased layer pans. Bake 350° 25 min. Cool layers.
Fill & frost with mocha frosting over
melt chocolate low heat or med power microwave 3 to 4 min stir to finish melting
stir in cream & rum drizzle warm glaze over cake