Nutella Cake

This recipe for Nutella Cake, topped with a rich chocolate glaze, is incredibly delicious. It is simple and easy to assemble and uses one of our family’s favorite spreads.

The combination of chocolate and Nutella in this cake is truly out of this world.

My daughter Jordan first created this Nutella Cake for her 9th birthday. It has since been requested to be made for parties, family get-togethers, picnics, and, most recently, for my 40th birthday. Yes, you read that right – I turned the big 4 0.

While most people are a little freaked out about the big 4 0, I wasn’t – but I’ll admit I was a little sad. You see, I loved my 30s. I had so many firsts, raised five babies and finally had the confidence I was a good mom. If I had to choose between my 20s and 30s, I would choose my 30s.

Weeks before my 40th birthday, Princess Cruises reached out with a fantastic experience to spend a week in the Western Carribean being pampered, fed, and taken to paradise and back. When I discovered the dates included my 40th birthday, I felt it was fate. I couldn’t pass it up, so I jumped on it and booked my oldest daughter, Jojo, and me on a dream vacation.

I’ve cruised with Princess before, and I wanted her to have a chance to live the dream and experience the ultimate pampering one can find on the seas. I couldn’t wait to create memories for us both at this new stage of life for her and me as a new teen. I didn’t want to focus on how my kids were growing up quickly before my eyes; I wanted to live in the moment and have some one-on-one time, which I rarely get as a mom of 5.

I’m all about making occasions memorable for others, but when it comes to myself, I would rather someone else do that – ask my husband. So cruising with Princess on my birthday couldn’t have been a better match. Warm sun, poolside drinks, food service with my Ocean Medallion, spa treatments, and the best-ever birthday cake… I mean, who would deny that for oneself?

Also, my close friends Erin and Lynne were on the same cruise, so I celebrated with them. Princess Cruises makes anything unique with chocolate and Nutella, hence the inspiration for resharing this Nutella Cake.

Jojo, like me, is a Nutella lover. I frequently catch her with a spoon eating out of the container right after dance practice. It’s her favorite snack. On the cruise, without fail, every morning, we would eat one or two of the delicious Nutella Donuts. Of course, we had to come and make our own.

Jojo created this cake recipe in 2015, and it is now a recipe we will always treasure. My 40th (2019) birthday was one I will always cherish. I sailed on the open sea with my daughter, ate the best-ever chocolate cake, and felt pampered and loved. Not a day goes by when I am not grateful for my life, my children, and the man I married.

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Nutella Cake

Prep: 30 minutes mins

Cook: 30 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr

Servings: 12

Calories: 578 kcal

Delicious Nutella Cake topped with a rich chocolate glaze. Simple and easy to put together, with one of our family's favorite spreads.

ByBy: Sandra

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Ingredients

 

• ▢ Chocolate Cake
• ▢ 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup milk + 1 tablespoon lemon juice stir together and let it sit for 5 minutes
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 2 cups sugar
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ▢ Nutella Buttercream
• ▢ 3/4 cup of butter softened
• ▢ ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons Nutella spread
• ▢ 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons of milk
• ▢ Chocolate Glaze:
• ▢ ½ cup whipping cream
• ▢ 4 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• Pre-heat oven to 350º F.
• Grease two 9-inch round cake pans or 1 – 9×13, with cooking spray and lightly dust with some flour, then set aside.
• In mixing bowl, add buttermilk, water, oil, sugar, eggs, baking soda and salt; stir together until it is well combined. Add in flour and cocoa powder and whisk until smooth and there are no lumps.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared pan(s).
• Bake for 25-35 minutes, depending on size of pans you use; until you can lightly touch the center and it springs back. Cool pans on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes, then remove cake and allow to completely cool on the wire rack. Once the cakes are cooled prepare buttercream.
• Buttercream
• In a large bowl, I use my Kitchen Aid mixer cream together butter and Nutella. Slowly mix in the powder sugar, one cup at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in the milk and continue mixing until light and fluffy. You may need to add more sugar or milk until you find the right consistency, this varies every time I do the recipe. If you are not going to use the frosting right away keep covered until you are ready to do so.
• Place one cake layer on a serving plate, I like to use a cake stand. Evenly, an additional 2 tablespoons of Nutella on top of the first layer of cake, then top with about ½ cup of buttercream, spread the evenly on top of the bottom layer, then add the second cake on top. Frost with the remaining buttercream, spread on the sides and top, make sure the top is even and the sides are completely covered, once you have frosted the cake, set in the fridge, while you prepare the chocolate glaze.
• Chocolate Glaze:
• In a small sauce pan add the whipping cream and bring to a boil, remove from heat and add in chocolate chips. Do not mix or stir them in, let the chocolate sit for 5 minutes. Stir until smooth. Let it cool for about 15 minutes, then pour over cake, allowing it to slowly drip down the sides. Set the cake in the fridge and let it chill for 30 minutes, until cake is set.
• You are now ready to serve. Enjoy!

NUTRITION

Calories: 578kcalCarbohydrates: 97gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 208mgPotassium: 178mgFiber: 3gSugar: 76gVitamin A: 190IUCalcium: 29mgIron: 2.5mg

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