5.0 from 12 votes
Easy Nutella Cake
Sweet, melty, buttery vanilla cake with swirls of Nutella running through it. Press some hazelnuts into the top and it's a cake for every Nutella lover to drool over!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 518 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 8 ounces butter (or 2 sticks)
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 8.8 ounces Nutella
- ⅓ cup whole hazelnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 1325F/160C (fan oven - increase to 355F/180C in a conventional oven). Line a loaf pan (roughly 9 x 5 inches) with baking paper and set aside.
- Leave the butter out of the fridge for a while to soften, then add it to a large bowl with the sugar and cream it together with a hand-held whisk until light and fluffy (two or three minutes).
- Add in the eggs one by one and whisk until well combined, then whisk in the vanilla.
- Add the flour and baking powder and stir in with a wooden spoon until well mixed (don’t be tempted to over-mix).
- Pour roughly ⅓ of the cake batter into the bottom of the loaf pan. Then warm the Nutella in a microwave (15 seconds or so should do it) and pour half of it over the batter in the pan.
- Pour another 1/3 of the batter over the Nutella layer, followed by the rest of the Nutella. Finally, top with the last layer of cake batter.
- Sprinkle with hazelnuts, pressing lightly into the top, then bake the cake for about fifty minutes or until the cake is well risen and has begun to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Let cool for ten minutes in the pan, then remove and let cool on a wire rack before slicing.
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Notes
- Warming the Nutella: If you don’t have a microwave, just warm the Nutella it slightly over a pot of simmering water.
- How to layer the cake batter: Try to leave a small border between the layer of Nutella and the sides of the pan. This will stop it running out of the cake too much.
- Don’t worry if you don’t get it exactly right. It won’t really matter.
- Cook time: Note that there can be variations in the cook time in different ovens. Start by checking at around 40 minutes, then go from there. There can be a roughly 15 minute difference in cook time.
Nutrition Information
Calories
518kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
55g
(18%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
30g
(46%)
Saturated Fat
19g
(95%)
Cholesterol
114mg
(38%)
Sodium
198mg
(8%)
Potassium
225mg
(6%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
33g
(66%)
Vitamin A
660IU
(13%)
Vitamin C
0.2mg
(0%)
Calcium
68mg
(7%)
Iron
2.8mg
(16%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 518
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 518kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 55g | 18% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 30g | 46% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Cholesterol | 114mg | 38% |
| Sodium | 198mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 225mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 33g | 66% |
| Vitamin A | 660IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 68mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2.8mg | 16% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.