Chocolate Hazelnut Torte #CakeSliceBakers

Another delicious chocolate cake from Zoe Bakes Cakes. Not a surprise since this one also starts with the Devil's Food Cake recipe in the book and then has you layer hazelnut-flavored Swiss meringue buttercream and Nutella between the cake rounds. Hard to go wrong with this combination.



Swiss meringue buttercream starts with eggs whites and sugar that get heated up enough to make them safe to consume (140 degrees F). Then you return to your mixer and whip until they cool down, and you slowly add in butter until a creamy frosting is produced. For this recipe, you then added pulverized hazelnut praline. I used only about the amount produced, and that was definitely a good choice - it added a nice flavor without completely overwhelming the frosting.


This devil's food cake makes a great foundation for anything. It's moist and tasty enough to stand completely on it's own, but the hazelnut buttercream and Nutella sends it over the top. Everyone loved it.




Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is Zoë Bakes Cakes by Zoē François. 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!

Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the links below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.

The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends. This group is perfect for those who do not have a blog but want to join in the fun and bake through this book.





It is a new year and a new book - Zoë Bakes Cakes - and our choices for September 2022 were ~

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