Ultimate Chocolate and Hazelnut Birthday Cake

Name: Ultimate Chocolate and Hazelnut Birthday Cake
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 350 g (12½ oz) milk chocolate, roughly chopped; 550 ml (18½ fl oz) thickened (whipping) cream; finely grated zest of 1 orange; 40 g (1½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 40 g (1½ oz/⅓ cup) cornflour (cornstarch); 80 g (2¾ oz) Dutch (unsweetened) cocoa powder; 160 g (5½ oz) ground hazelnuts; pinch of salt; 150 g (5½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 150 g (5½ oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 30 g (1 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 4 egg whites, at room temperature; 1 tablespoon liquid glucose; 4 vegg yolks, at room temperature; 4 eggs, at room temperature; 340 g (12 oz) dark chocolate, roughly chopped; 125 g (4½ oz) unsalted butter, softened; 375 ml (12½ fl oz/1½ cups) thickened (whipping) cream; 180 g (6½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; apricot or rasberry jam (if you’d like to make your own); 5 gold-strength gelatine leaves (10 g/¼ oz), soaked and drained; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) thickened (whipping) cream; 60 g (2 oz) Dutch (unsweetened) cocoa powder; white chocolate shavings to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lamingtons & Lemon Tart

By Darren Purchese

Published 2016

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Components

Chocolate and hazelnut sponge
Orange syrup
Milk chocolate cream
Dark chocolate cream
Dark chocolate glaze

This is a cake that will be remembered for years to come – hopefully it will become your family’s favourite birthday cake. It delivers in both taste and presentation. After glazing you can finish the cake as you please. I’ve kept the exterior simple but you can go n

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Oceania
Australia
Victoria
Bacchus Marsh
Cake
Vegetarian

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