Ferrero Rocher Cake Recipe

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4.8

11,106 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    35 mins

  • Cook Time

    40 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 15 mins

  • Servings

    10 Servings

  • Calories

    855 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    French, American

Ferrero Rocher Cake Recipe

The Ferrero Rocher Cake combines a hazelnut and cocoa-flavored sponge cake with a rich chocolate and Nutella cream containing crushed wafer cookies. The layered cake integrates Ferrero Rocher chocolates and chopped hazelnuts in the decoration for a distinctive texture and nutty enhancement. This dessert offers a balance of fluffy cake and creamy, chocolate-hazelnut filling, finished with crunchy wafer bits and chocolate candies to evoke the iconic candy’s elements.

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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Ingredients

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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

  1. Whisk eggs with sugar until they are three times in volume, light and fluffy.
  2. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix in with ground nuts.
  3. 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

  1. Prepare ingredients for the cream.
  2. 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

  1. Slice the cake into two or three layers. Break wafers into small pieces. Spread cream over each layer evenly, sprinkle wafers over the cream.
  2. 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.
  3. Just before serving the cake, remove from refrigerator to soften the cream a little.

Nutrition Information

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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%)

Nutrition Facts

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.

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