Skip to Content
Menu

Hazelnut Cake

  • Save
  • Jump to Recipe
Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Jun 30, 2010
  • Save
  • Pin
  • Print
  • Share
  • Jump to Recipe
Bake this delicious hazelnut cake topped with whipping cream – dessert ready in 2 hours.

Hazelnut Cake

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 2 hr 0 min
  • Ingredients 11
  • Servings 16
  • Save
  • Pin
  • Print
  • Share
  • Keep Screen On

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 2 packages (2 1/2 oz each) hazelnuts (filberts) or pecans
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup whipping (heavy) cream
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease bottom only of 10-inch springform pan with shortening or cooking spray. In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat; set aside to cool.
  • Step 
    2
    Reserve 8 whole nuts for garnish. In food processor or blender, process remaining nuts until ground, making about 1 1/3 cups. Reserve 1 tablespoon for garnish.
  • Step 
    3
    In large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed 2 to 3 minutes or until thick and lemon colored, scraping bowl occasionally. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder, salt and ground nuts, scraping bowl occasionally. Continue beating, gradually adding cooled, melted butter until well blended, scraping bowl occasionally (mixture will be thick). Spread batter evenly in pan.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove side of pan; run long knife under cake to loosen from pan bottom. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over cake; turn plate and cake over. Remove pan bottom. Cover cake with cloth towel; cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    In 2-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream just to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread glaze over top of cake, allowing some to run down side of cake. Sprinkle reserved ground nuts around top edge of cake; arrange reserved whole nuts over ground nuts.

Nutrition

340 Calories
18g Total Fat
5g Protein
39g Total Carbohydrate
25g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
340
Calories from Fat
160
Total Fat
18g
27%
Saturated Fat
7g
35%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
65mg
21%
Sodium
160mg
7%
Potassium
140mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate
39g
13%
Dietary Fiber
2g
8%
Sugars
25g
Protein
5g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
10%
10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Tips from the

Pillsbury Kitchens

© 2025 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved

Reviews & Questions Section