My Ferrero Rocher Cake

This is one of my favourite cakes. The nutty flavours are heavenly, and the texture is beautiful with the added crunch of the praline.

Ferrero Rocher Cake

Ingredients

Praline

100g golden caster sugar

Pinch of salt

Knob of butter

100g chopped hazelnuts

Cake

150g good quality butter, softened, cubed

175g golden caster sugar

4 eggs, beaten

1tsp vanilla extract, not essence

25g cocoa, if using dark cocoa, reduce to 15g

150g plain flour, sifted

1tsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

Icing

750g jar, Nutella

24 Ferrero Rocher

Method

1)      Firstly make the praline. Put the sugar, salt and butter in a sauce on a medium heat until very slightly melted.

2)      Once slightly melted, add the hazelnuts and leave on a medium heat until caramelised.

3)      Once caramelised, transfer the mixture onto a greased baking tray and leave until hard and set.

4)      Once set, preheat the oven to 180 degrees/160 fan.

5)      Cut up the previously made praline into your desired size. If you’d prefer a crunch in the cake, leave them bigger, if you’d rather a smooth cake, cut them up to smaller pieces.

6)      Now, to make the cake. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

7)      Once well combined, add the eggs with the vanilla. Mix, then add the cocoa to the mix.

8)      Once the egg and cocoa are combined with the mixture fold in the chopped praline to the mix.

9)      Once the praline is folded in, fold in the sifted flour and baking powder.

10)  After the flour is folded in, spoon the mixture evenly between two pre-greased 20cm sandwich tin.

11)  Bake in the top shelf of the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. You’re looking for a springy surface (poke the top of the cake and it should rise back up) but gooey parts should show, as this is the praline pieces.

12)  To make the icing, beat the Nutella and a few drops of lukewarm water. Spoon some Nutella mix onto the bottom layer of the cake, then place the top layer on top.

13)  Once you’ve placed the top player on top of the filling, spread the remaining Nutella mix on the top of the cake with a palette knife, but do not put any Nutella on the sides.

14)  Next, place the Ferrero Rocher’s on top in whichever pattern you like. (I did mine all over).

15)  ENJOY!