Easiest Way to Make Appetizing Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting

Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting. Great recipe for Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting. This is a moist chocolate cake with a rich but light and creamy hazelnut filling. The filling is so good with the chocolate cake.

It's a truly decadent dessert worthy of Valentine's Day or any other holiday. Frost sides and top of cake with chocolate frosting. Great recipe for Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting. You can have Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting using 22 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting

1. Prepare of FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE.
2. Prepare 1 3/4 cups of all purpose flour.
3. It's 2 cups of granulated sugar.
4. It's 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
5. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
6. It's 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
8. Prepare 2 of large eggs.
9. It's 1 cup of whole milk.
10. It's 1/2 cup of canola oil.
11. You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
12. Prepare 1 cup of hot water.
13. It's of FOR THE HAZELNUT FILLING AND FROSTING.
14. Prepare 3 cups of heavy whipping cream, cold.
15. It's 8 ounces of mascarpone cheese, at room temperature.
16. It's 1 cup of nutella, hazelnut spread.
17. You need 2 cups of confectioner's sugar.
18. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
19. You need of GARNISH.
20. You need 1/4 cup of nutella hazelnut spread.
21. It's of white and dark chocolate shavings, as needed.
22. Prepare of chopped hazelnuts, as needed.

This is a moist chocolate cake with a rich but light and creamy hazelnut filling. The filling is so good with the chocolate cake. Chill the cake for easy slicing, but serve at room temperature. Whipped Nutella Frosting is so creamy and smooth, you'll want to eat it with a spoon!

Chocolate Layer Cake with Whipped Hazelnut Cream Filling and Frosting instructions

1. MAKE CHOCO L ATE CAKE.
2. Spray 3 - 8 inch cake pans with bakers spray. Preheat oven to 350.
3. In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa power, baking soda, baking powder and salt..
4. In another bowl whisk together, eggs, milk, canola oil, vanilla and add to flour mixture and beat just until smoooth, beat in hot water just until combined.
5. Pour evenly into prepared pans and bake for about 15 to 18 minutes just until a toothpick comes out just clean. Cool in pans 15 minutes then remove and cool completely.
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7. MAKE NUTELLA FILLING AND FROSTING.
8. Beat mascarpone and nutella until smooth.
9. In another chilled bowl beat cream until soft peaks form.
10. Add sugar and vanilla until it holds its shape.
11. Fold nutella/mascarpone mixture into whipped cream in 3 additions until uniform in color.
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13. ASSEMBLE CAKE Place 1 layer, bottom up on serving plate.
14. Spread some filling on.
15. Add second layer of cake, bottom uo.
16. Frost with more filling.
17. Add last third layer.
18. And frost entire cake. Chill at least 2 hours before adding garnishes.
19. GARNISH CAKE.
20. Heat nutella spread just until spreadable in the microwave.
21. Drizzle over cake and decorate with chopped white and dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts.
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This easy frosting recipe is fantastic for both cakes and cupcakes. Once you make this hazelnut frosting, you won't want to try any other recipes! When I first made my Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe, I didn't think it could get any better. Between the chocolate cream cheese frosting and the light and fluffy chocolate cake, I was already in heaven. When it came time to make this recipe into a chocolate layer cake, I had to be very thoughtful about what frosting I would choose.