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November 24, 2015 By Kaitlin 11 Comments

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

Can you believe Thanksgiving is this week?? This year has just flown by!

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. It’s a day spent with family and friends over good food, just enjoying each other’s company.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

We spend Thanksgiving at my aunt and uncle’s house. Every year, I bring a little something up to contribute to the meal. For the past few years, I’ve done desserts. My sister put in a request for a chocolate cake this year because in her words, “there’s not enough chocolate at Thanksgiving.”

 

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

We usually have quite a few desserts for the taking, so I decided to make the cake with less added sugar with the help of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend.

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SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend works just like regular brown sugar, but with half the calories. I picked up a bag at Walmart (it can be found in the baking aisle with the other sweeteners, or on Walmart.com).

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I love the flavors of Hazelnut and Chocolate together, so I tested out a recipe for chocolate hazelnut cake with chocolate frosting this past weekend.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

The cake uses ground hazelnut in the batter to add a nutty, buttery flavor as well as a really nice texture to the cake.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

Ingredients:

Hazelnut Cake:

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup ground hazelnut (hazelnut meal)
  • 1 cup SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend
  • 3/4 cups cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon hazelnut extract
  • 1 cup brewed coffee, at room temperature

Chocolate Frosting:

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon hazelnut extract
  • 5 tablespoons milk

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line two 8-inch rounds with a round of parchment paper at the bottom, butter, and dust with flour.

 

Combine the flour, ground hazelnuts, SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

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In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and hazelnut extract.

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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.

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Add the brewed coffee and mix to combine.

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Split the mixture evenly between the two cake pans.

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Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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Remove from the oven and let cool in the pans for 30 minutes. Run a knife around the edges to separate the cake from the pan and turn the cakes out onto a rack to completely cool.

 

While waiting for the cake to cool, make your frosting. Combine the powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Add the butter and mix to combine. Add in the hazelnut extract and milk, one tablespoon at a time until the frosting reaches your desired consistency.

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To frost the cake, add one of the cakes to a plate, flat side up.

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Add a thin layer of frosting to the top of the cake and frost evenly with an offset icing spatula.

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Place the second cake on top, rounded side up.

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Frost the cake with the remaining frosting.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

The cake is so moist and fluffy! The chocolatey flavor is definitely enhanced by the hazelnuts.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake #SplendaHoliday

 

And that frosting! Mmm.  It’s silky smooth and the perfect balance of hazelnut flavor and chocolate.

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I think this will be a hit at Thanksgiving! My fiance doesn’t seem too upset that we have an extra one of these lying around to taste test before the holiday either. 🙂

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I really enjoyed this with a sprinkle of finely chopped hazelnuts on top!

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Looking for some more baking inspiration? SPLENDA® can be used in place of traditional sugar in tons of recipes.

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 12 servings

Serving Size: 1 slice of cake

Calories per serving: 415

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Ingredients

    Hazelnut Cake:
  • cooking spray or butter to grease the pans
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup ground hazelnut (hazelnut meal)
  • 1 cup SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend
  • 3/4 cups cocoa powder (plus more for dusting)
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon hazelnut extract
  • 1 cup brewed coffee, at room temperature
  • Chocolate Frosting:
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon hazelnut extract
  • 5 tablespoons milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line two 8-inch rounds with a round of parchment paper at the bottom, butter, and dust with cocoa.
  2. Combine the flour, ground hazelnuts, SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and hazelnut extract.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
  5. Add the brewed coffee and mix to combine.
  6. Add half of the mixture to each cake round.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pans for 30 minutes. Use a knife to separate the cake from the pan and turn the cakes out onto a rack to completely cool.
  8. While waiting for the cake to cool, make your frosting. Combine the powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Add the butter and mix to combine. Add in the hazelnut extract and milk, one tablespoon at a time until the frosting reaches your desired consistency.
  9. To frost the cake, add one of the cakes to a plate, flat side up.
  10. Add a thin layer of frosting to the top of the cake and frost evenly with an offset icing spatula.
  11. Place the second cake on top, rounded side up. Frost the cake with the remaining frosting.
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Comments

  1. Medeja says

    November 24, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    This cake looks amazing! No doubt very yummy too!
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    Reply
  2. DEBBIE COLO says

    December 4, 2015 at 2:13 am

    Wow…I thought I would make the cake until I saw it takes a cup of brewed coffee!..shesh…I don’t even drink coffee

    Reply
    • Kaitlin @ I Can Cook That says

      December 4, 2015 at 2:21 am

      Hi Debbie,
      You can use water instead of brewed coffee. The coffee just helps enhance the flavor of the chocolate. I hope this helps!

      Kaitlin
      Kaitlin @ I Can Cook That recently posted..Dubliner Cheese Toasties with Prosciutto and TomatoMy Profile

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    • Linda Kinney says

      December 4, 2015 at 7:21 am

      I don’t either but I LOVE the smell of it, and coffee ice cream and other coffee flavored things so I bet this tastes wonderful! Actually I often use coffee in place of water if I’m throwing together a box mix along with a package of instant choc. pudding powder and YUM! Mocha cake! Odd though, I hate coffee itself!

      Reply
    • Cheryl L. says

      December 4, 2015 at 9:26 pm

      I detest the taste of coffee, but, I do use it in every chocolate recipe that calls for hot water. You can’t taste. Seriously, you can’t. It just gives the chocolate a deeper, richer flavor. You’d be surprised at the chocolate cakes you’ve eaten that has coffee in it without you ever knowing it. It’s ok. Use it. Seriously, there’s not enough money on this earth to get me to drink it. I buy those small boxes that have 6 single packs in it. I buy it at the Dollar Tree. I use 2 of them in the hot water and then just poor it into the cake batter. You can use regular or decaf. Doesn’t matter. I often interchange them. Hope you try it. You’ll be very pleasantly surprised.

      Reply
      • Cheryl L. says

        December 4, 2015 at 9:30 pm

        Just for clarification. It’s instant coffee I buy and use.

        Reply
  3. karen says

    December 5, 2015 at 10:49 am

    Where do you find, ground hazelnuts?

    Reply
    • Kaitlin @ I Can Cook That says

      December 5, 2015 at 1:12 pm

      Karen, Your local Walmart may have it. If not, it can usually be found in the supermarket near the other flours, or if you have a gluten free or specialty foods section in your market, sometimes it is there. Other names for it are hazelnut flour and hazelnut meal. In a pinch, Amazon also sells it!

      – Kaitlin
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      Reply
  4. Karissa says

    December 5, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    Can you make it with real brown sugar not an artificial sugar? Artificial sugars give me migraines. If so how much brown sugar would I have to sub in?

    Reply
  5. Ruth says

    October 19, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    It looked lovely – until I saw it had Splenda in it. A conversion for a real foodstuff was not provided, guessing might not give a good result, and I like to avoid fake food. So unfortunately I will be passing this by.

    Reply
    • Kaitlin @ I Can Cook That says

      October 20, 2018 at 12:29 am

      Hi Ruth.
      This post is sponsored by Splenda. I’m sure the conversion for SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend can be found through a quick google search.

      Happy baking!

      Reply

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