Hazelnut mocha cake

15 INGREDIENTS • 7 STEPS • 4HR

Hazelnut mocha cake

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It’s worth going to the effort for this showstopping cake. Top-quality dark chocolate, coffee and hazelnuts are a match made in heaven.
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We love nothing more at M&S Food than inspiring our customers with easy, delicious family recipes using our great produce. We’re on a mission to help you create incredible tasting food whatever the occasion.

4HR

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
12
For the cake
100 g
blanched hazelnuts
3 tsp
M&S Fairtrade gold instant coffee
175 g
M&S unsalted British butter, softened
250 g
caster sugar
3
medium M&S free-range mixed size eggs, lightly beaten
250 g
M&S Remarksable Value plain flour
2 tsp
baking powder
1 tsp
bicarbonate of soda
100 g
M&S soured cream, room temperature
75 g
72% dark chocolate, roughly chopped
For the icing
175 g
caster sugar
3
medium M&S free-range mixed size eggs
whites only
50 g
72% dark chocolate
2 tsp
instant espresso powder
200 g
M&S unsalted British butter, diced, room temperature

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
602kcal
Fat
38.0 g
Saturates
20.8 g
Sugars
39.3 g
Salt
223.9 mg
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas mark 4. Grease three 20cm round cake tins and line the bases with buttered baking paper.
step 2
Tip the hazelnuts (100 g) into a small baking tin and toast in the oven for 5 minutes, until golden. Cool, then whizz 75g of the toasted nuts in a food processor until finely ground. Roughly chop the remainder and set aside. Dissolve the M&S Fairtrade gold instant coffee (3 tsp) in 1-2 tsp boiling water.
step 3
Cream the butter (175 g) and caster sugar (250 g) together in a freestanding mixer until really pale and light, around 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs (3) and coffee in three batches, mixing well between each addition and scraping down the sides with a spatula.
step 4
Sift the flour (250 g), baking powder (2 tsp), bicarbonate of soda (1 tsp) and a pinch of salt into the bowl. Add the groundhazelnuts and soured cream (100 g) and mix again. Fold in all but 1 tbsp of the chocolate (75 g) and divide the mixture evenly between the prepared cake tins. Spread level using a palette knife and bake on the middle shelf of the preheated oven for about 22-25 minutes, until golden brown and wellrisen, and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out clean. Leave to cool.
step 5
To make the icing, combine the sugar (175 g) and egg whites (3) whites in a large heatproof bowl. Add a pinch of salt and 1 tbsp water and set the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Whisk constantly for 4-5 minutes, until the sugar has completely dissolved and a meringue mix has formed, glossy and hot to the touch. Quickly scoop the meringue into the bowl of a freestanding mixer and whisk for about 5 minutes, until cold and thickened.
step 6
Meanwhile, melt the chocolate (50 g) in a heatproof bowl over the pan of hot water. Separately, dissolve the espresso powder (2 tsp) in 1 tsp boiling water. Gradually add the butter (200 g) to the cold meringue, whisking constantly and scraping down the sides of the mixer bowl from time to time, until silky-smooth. Put 1⁄3 of the mixture into a bowl and stir in the coffee. Stir the melted chocolate into the remaining icing.
step 7
Place one of the cake layers on a serving plate and spread the top with half of the chocolate icing. Top with a second cake layer and spread this with the remaining chocolate icing. Cover with the third cake layer and spread the top with the coffee icing in decorative swirls. Scatter with the reserved chopped hazelnuts and grated chocolate to serve.
step 7 Place one of the cake layers on a serving plate and spread the top with half of the chocolate icing. Top with a second cake layer and spread this with the remaining chocolate icing. Cover with the third cake layer and spread the top with the coffee icing in decorative swirls. Scatter with the reserved chopped hazelnuts and grated chocolate to serve.

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Baking
Easter
Dessert
Mother's Day
Valentine's Day
Vegetarian
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