Did you know – today is World Nutella Day! Once again, Sara from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso are hosting “World Nutella Day 2014″ (the eighth instalment!) – a day to celebrate, get creative with, and most importantly, eat Nutella.
This is my fifth year participating in World Nutella Day – in 2010 I made a Nutella cheesecake, in 2011 I made Nutella lamingtons, in 2012 I went French with Nutella macarons craquelés while last year I made Nutella truffle pops.
Check out ALL my World Nutella Day recipes from 2010 onwards here!
This year I decided to go simple with a Nutella-inspired dessert that I brought in to my staffroom on Monday morning because, quite frankly, who doesn’t need chocolate cake on a grey, cold Monday in the middle of the neverending Toronto winter?
Whilst this dessert doesn’t actually contain any Nutella (no Nutella was harmed in the making of this cake!), it’s full of hazelnuts – in the form of ground hazelnuts – and chocolate so hey, I reckon it counts for a World Nutella Day contribution, right?
A rich, yet light, flourless chocolate cake made with hazelnut flour.Flourless chocolate-hazelnut cake
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This is a rich-tasting cake but it’s light at the same time (the egg whites beaten separately helps with that). When I brought it to work, people were slicing tiny slices because they thought it would be dense like a flourless cake typically is, yet when they realised it was so light, they’d go back for a second (and sometimes even a third!) slice. It’s really good. Best of all, it takes no time to prepare. So go on – whip this up to celebrate today – you know you want to!
Check out ALL my World Nutella Day recipes from 2010 onwards here!
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Harrumph. Mr. Neil was omitted from WND celebrations 2014. 🙁
I think you get enough sweet treats at home as it is!
I make a similar torte but with ground almonds instead. I should try with hazelnuts next time. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Yes ground almonds work too but I really like the deeper flavour of the hazelnuts!
You said the magic word: Nutella. Looks good!
You know what this cake needs?
A thick slather of Nutella on top!
Looks gorgeous, Mardi. I’m so baking one tonight! xo
You know I don’t think it does need Nutella on top.
Stop it, Mardi. I’m on a fasting day.
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I was looking for a gluten free chocolate cake and found this recipe …. love the simplicity of only 5 ingredients and it is sooooo delicious! Great texture too. I actually made cupcakes with it (too impatient to wait 45 min for a full cake to cook!) and they turned out great. Thanks!!
That’s fantastic – so pleased to hear this!
This looks so good!
I am definitely going to join you gals next year for World Nutella Day. Count on it. While I know this is a national staple in Europe (and, Canada), we Americans haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet. But every grocery store here is now carrying Nutella and I happened to buy one of the giant jars (don’t even ask me why I did that?). So, I have a “Nuts about Nutella” Board on Pinterest and have pinned all kinds of recipes. I’m going to do some testing this year and will be posting a favorite next February 5th. Your cake looks heavenly, my dear. Easy works for me.
Um, I reckon Americans have very much jumped on the Nutella train by now! You should too – don’t miss it!
Will 75 g of sugar be too sweet?? I dont really like my desert too sweet. For me, what would you recommend for the amount of sugar to be used?
This is not an overly sweet cake, therefore I would recommend that you use the amount of sugar listed in the recipe.
Excellent pour qui n’aime pas les desserts trop sucrés. Merci bien d’un autre Torontois!
Oui c’est pas trop sucré, comme j’aime! Merci de votre visite!