Ultimate Chocolate and Hazelnut Birthday Cake

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

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lamingtons & Lemon Tart

By Darren Purchese

Published 2016

About

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
Bacchus Marsh
Victoria
Cake
Vegetarian

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