Swiss Hazelnut Cake - #TheCakeSliceBakers

For this month's Cake Slice Bakers bake, I selected the Swiss Hazelnut Cake.  It has two layers with ground hazelnuts mixed into the batter and filled and frosted with a delicious frosting made in part with marshmallow cream and hazelnut liqueur. Bittersweet chocolate covers the outside.  The instructions say to use a food processor to shave the chocolate.  I don't own a food processor, so I chopped the chocolate.



In general, I was pretty happy with this cake.  The cake was tasty and moist, and I really liked the texture with the ground hazelnuts.  The frosting was also good, though a little sweet, but it completely lacked hazelnut flavor.  Also, I think the cake would have been better overall if the chocolate had been sandwiched in between the layers to better cut the sweetness of the frosting.





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Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through.  This year it is The Perfect Cake from America's Test Kitchen #atkcake.  We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!

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 The choices this month were Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, Chocolate-Beet Cupcakes, Rainbow Cake, and Swiss Hazelnut Cake.

Comments

  1. All That's Left Are The CrumbsMay 20, 2018 at 2:27 PM

    Looks like a great cake, and I'd love a slice now. I'd love to try this but I still have vivid memories of the blisters I got last time I trying to shell hazelnuts.

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    1. KimMay 20, 2018 at 4:37 PM

      Yikes! I bought the hazelnuts already shelled, otherwise I probably would have baked a different cake.

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  2. SusanBMay 20, 2018 at 8:59 PM

    Looks so delicious, Kim!

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  3. OvenDelightsMay 20, 2018 at 9:51 PM

    That cake slice looks delicious! Love the crumb of the cake! Chocolate hazelnut sounds fabulous for the filling!

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  4. Sandra LeeMay 21, 2018 at 5:59 AM

    Chocolate and hazelnuts are a great flavor pairing and I'm sure I would love this. Great job!

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