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Hazelnut Torte/Cake PRINT

Hazelnut Torte/Cake
  • YIELD: 12 servings
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  • PREP TIME: 20 min
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  • COOK TIME: 55 min

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
cups hazelnuts, toasted and skins removed
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ tablespoon finely grated orange zest, or ¼ tsp orange essence.
1 cup milk, room temperature
¼ cup semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 cups whipping cream
½ cup sifted icing sugar
3-4 TBSP hazelnut liqueur
2 TBSP apricot jam
2 TBSP nutella

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch springform pan; set aside. 2. Place hazelnuts in the bowl of a food processor; process until coarsely chopped and set aside. 3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, mix together butter and sugar until light, smooth, and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the eggs, olive oil, and orange zest, mixing well on slow speed after each addition. 4. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with milk and beginning and ending with flour; beat until just combined. Scrape down sides of bowl and beat on high speed about 2 minutes; fold in nuts and chocolate. 5. Pour batter into prepared cake pan, smoothing top with a spatula. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean and the top is light brown and just springs back when lightly touched, about 45 minutes. 6. Transfer cake to a cooling rack; let cool 30 minutes. Remove outer ring of pan; let cool completely.
7.cut cake horizontaly into 3 layers.
Whip about 1/3 cup cream and add in apricot jam,and 1 Tbsp liqueur spread on bottom layer.
Whip about 1/3 cup cream and add in Nutella and spread on second layer.
Whip 1 1/4 cup cream add in icing sugar, and 2 – 3 TBSP liqueur. Ice whole cake, decorate with cream rosettes, any hazelnut crumbs left over.

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