Ferrero Rocher Cake Recipe
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Ferrero Rocher Cake Recipe
Description
This Ferrero Rocher Cake Recipe starts with a batter made from whisked eggs and sugar to achieve a light, airy texture, combined with ground hazelnuts, cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder for a moist, nutty base. The cake bakes into a tender crumb with a subtle chocolate and hazelnut flavor profile.
The cream filling is a whipped mixture of softened butter, melted chocolate, Nutella, and crushed wafers, adding creaminess and crunch. The cake is sliced into layers, which are coated with this cream and sprinkled with wafer pieces to provide textural contrast. The outside of the cake is frosted similarly and decorated with chopped hazelnuts and Ferrero Rocher chocolates halved and placed around the edges, enhancing the visual connection to the candy and adding nutty notes.
This cake is best served after chilling to allow the filling to set and the flavors to meld. It makes a festive dessert that highlights hazelnut and chocolate flavors through its layered composition and complementary textures from wafers and nuts.
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Ferrero Rocher Cake
- 5 egg large
- 6 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cup hazelnut ground
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
Ferrero Rocher Cake Cream
- 200 g butter room temperature, unsalted
- 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 7 tbsp Nutella
- 1 cup wafer cookies crushed
- 10 Chocolate Candy Ferrero Rocher brand
- 1/2 cup hazelnut chopped, for decorating the cake
Instructions
- Whisk eggs with sugar until they are three times in volume, light and fluffy.
- Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix in with ground nuts.
- Using spatula, fold in dry ingredients by thirds, be very gentle with the dough so you don’t over mix it and loose the fluffiness. Butter all sides of the 9 inch baking dish, pour batter into the dish. Bake at 350F for about 40 minutes.
Cream
- Prepare ingredients for the cream.
- Dissolve chocolate, either in water bath or microwave. Let chocolate cool to a room temperature. Combine chocolate together with butter and Nutella. Whisk cream together.
Putting Cake together
- Slice the cake into two or three layers. Break wafers into small pieces. Spread cream over each layer evenly, sprinkle wafers over the cream.
- Decorate outside of the cake, using the left over cream, cake and hazelnuts. Slice ferrero rocher candy in half and place it on the edge of the cake all around.
- Just before serving the cake, remove from refrigerator to soften the cream a little.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 10Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 855 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 855kcal | 43% |
| Carbohydrates | 68g | 23% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 61g | 94% |
| Saturated Fat | 30g | 150% |
| Cholesterol | 130mg | 43% |
| Sodium | 129mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 515mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 9g | 36% |
| Sugar | 48g | 96% |
| Vitamin A | 690IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 1.4mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 183mg | 18% |
| Iron | 7.1mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.