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Coffee and Hazelnut Cake

Adapted from Hanna Ekelund
Course baking, Dessert

Ingredients
  

Middle Layer

  • 50g hazelnuts roasted
  • 20g brown sugar
  • 1 generous pinch of flakey salt

Streusel Layer

  • 50g hazelnuts roasted
  • 40g rolled oats
  • 20g brown sugar
  • 30g cake flour
  • 50g unsalted butter (I used plant butter)
  • 1 generous pinch of flakey salt

Cake

  • 90g unsalted butter (I used plant butter)
  • 100g low fat milk
  • 2 sachets Society Coffee Hazelnut Cappuccino
  • 3  eggs
  • 160g brown sugar
  • 160g cake flour
  • 1.25 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp vanilla essence

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 175C and grease and line a spring bottom pan with baking paper. My pan was 18cm.
  • Using a food processor or mini chopper, process the ingredients for the middle layer until a little more course than nut flour consistency. I used a mortar and pestle, or the back of a cake roller. Set aside.
  • For the streusel layer, process the hazelnuts, oats, sugar, and salt until medium chunky. Transfer to a bowl. Using your fingers, pinch together the nut mixture, butter, and flour to a crumbly mixture. Set aside.
  • For the cake, start by melting the butter in a small sauce pan. Stir in the milk and both sachets of Society Coffee Hazelnut Cappuccino powder and set aside to cool.
  • Whip the eggs and sugar white and fluffy. Sift and fold in the remaining ingredients.
  • Carefully fold in the butter mixture and fold in to a smooth batter.
  • Transfer half the batter to the prepared pan. Top with the middle hazelnut layer. Spread the remaining batter onto and finish with crumbling the streusel on top.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes in the bottom of the oven so that the streusel do not burn. Use a cake tester to see if it's done.
Keyword Cake, Dessert