Cinnamon Nutella and Hazelnut Cake

Last night, I paid a visit to a very lovely friend in Cheras with some of my gorgeous friends. Also at the same to celebrate birthday to a friend who just turned 30. (I remember when I was turning thirty, I freaked out all day, opsss no meroy story). So being British *lariiikkk..I decided to bring something for the host and the birthday boy. 

Here is what I found in my cooking binder. A cake recipe that I ve not tried yet, CINNAMON NUTTELLA and HAZELNUT CAKE. Sounds delicious, right? It is also very easy to make.

This is the original picture from the recipe

Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and milk into a bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer ( of course I used my Kitchen Aid) for 1-2 minutes, until light and fluffy. If you do not have a mixer, you can use wooden spoon and beat for 3-5 minutes.

Tip three quarters of the mixture into the tin, spread it level, then spoon the Nutella on in four blobs. Top with the remaining mixture, swirl a few times with a skewer, then smooth to cover the Nutella. Any Chocolate hazelnutspread can be used, kalau yang murah pun ok.

Sprinkle with the hazelnuts. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen, nicely browned, feels firm to touch and springs back when lightly pressed. But mine is already baked in 45 minutes.

This is how it looks like after it was cooled down for 15 minutes and removed from the cake tin.

I like to mess the top with dark and white chocolate. Just to give a bit of decoration. Does it look nice or horrible?

You can serve immediately with a nice and hot cup of tea. As my friends said last night, the cake works fantastically when you sip a cup of tea after you eat it and you just want more and more after that.


My comments:


1. I want it to look brown like the original recipe but it turn out to be butter in color. That is not necessary but next time maybe I can substitute castor sugar to muscovado or brown sugar.
2. The nutella should spread all over the cake instead of just static at one place. Perhaps, next time I should pour a small dollop of nutella and instead of 1 layer, pour it into 2/3 layers. Also make sure it swirled evenly.
3. To me, the cake is moist enough but one of my friend commented it would have been better if i could adjust to be more moist. but how???/
4. The cinnamon blends well in the cake and it does not taste so powerful.


After all, I like the cake very much and I will bake more in the future.


Ciao bella!!