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Moist chocolate cake with marzipan and hazelnuts

Bruno Albouze · ♥ 2.5K likes · 86.1K views · 2 min video

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Moist chocolate cake with marzipan and hazelnuts, from the video Makes 8
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  • 180 g marzipan
  • 250 g egg
  • 100 g hazelnuts
  • 180 g milk
  • 200 g flour
  • 40 g cocoa powder
  • 4 g baking powder
  • 200 g melted butter
Smooth out the marzipan with the sugar, then add one egg.
  • sugar
Toast and crush the hazelnuts.
Swap the paddle for the whisk and keep whipping, adding the remaining eggs gradually on medium-high speed; once homogenized, beat on full speed for at least 5 minutes.
Add the milk and the sifted flour, cocoa powder and baking powder, then the crushed nuts and the melted butter.
Fill the mold and bake about 40 minutes.
Freeze the cake in its silicone mold about 3 hours before unmolding.
  • simple syrup
Cut off the top to level the cake, flip it, and moisten it with a simple syrup flavored with alcohol, or with orange blossom water and vanilla extract.
  • chocolate ganache
Glaze the cake with chocolate ganache.