Ingredients
For Cake:
- 1¾ cup + dusting and coating, all-purpose flour
- 30 gms, cocoa powder
- 1¼ cup, brown sugar
- ¾ cup, unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup, nutella
- ½ cup, milk
- 100 gms, dark choco chips
- ¾ cup, roasted pecan nuts, roughly chopped
- 1½ tsp, baking powder
- ½ tsp, baking soda
- ¼ tsp, salt
- 1 tsp, vanilla essence
For Frosting:
- 50 gms, unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 100 gms, confectioner’s sugar
- 100 ml, heavy whipping cream, chilled
- 1 cup, nutella
- ½ tsp, vanilla essence
- Roasted and crushed pecan nuts as required
Method:
For Cake:
- Preheat the oven at 170 degrees centigrade.
- Grease and dust a 9×5 inch loaf pan or 9inch diameter round cake tin.
- Coat the pecan nuts with little flour. Keep them aside.
- Sift together all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Cream together butter and sugar for approximately 5 mins. Add vanilla essence and mix.
- Add ⅓ of beaten eggs and mix well. Add half of the remaining beaten eggs and combine well. Add the remaining beaten eggs and combine well.
- Add nutella and milk, mix well.
- Add ⅓ of flour mixture and gently fold it. Add half of the remaining flour mixture and fold it. Add the remaining flour mixture and fold it.
- Lastly, fold in dark choco chips and coated pecan nuts.
- Pour the batter in the greased pan/cake tin, bake it for 40 to 45 mins or till skewers come out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes.
- Transfer on wire rack and cool completely.
For Frosting:
- In a bowl, combine butter and sugar until soft and smooth.
- Add nutella, vanilla essence and mix well.
- Add chilled whipping cream and beat till everything combines well, the mixture should get smooth and form a stiff peak.
- Chill the frosting for 15-20 minutes.
- Frost the cake. Sprinkle roasted pecan nuts on the top
- Slice and enjoy the nutty chocolaty lusciousness.
Note:
From the above mentioned measures of ingredients, I made 9*5 inch loaf and 12 muffins. It’s totally up to you to make it a loaf, muffins or round cake out of it.
Source: Cubes N Juliennes
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