Name: Gluten-free chocolate hazelnut cake
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 25
Ingredients: 100 gram butter; 1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1/4 cup (60ml) milk; 3/4 cup (75g) ground hazelnuts; 3/4 cup (100g) gluten-free self-raising flour; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder; Fudge frosting; 1/4 (55g) caster sugar; 50 gram butter; 2 tablespoon water; 3/4 cup (120g) pure icing sugar; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Gluten-free chocolate hazelnut cake

There's nothing abstemious about this gluten-free chocolate cake recipe, especially not with the luscious chocolate frosting all over it.

Ingredients

100 gram butter

1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup (60ml) milk

3/4 cup (75g) ground hazelnuts

3/4 cup (100g) gluten-free self-raising flour

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Fudge frosting

1/4 (55g) caster sugar

50 gram butter

2 tablespoon water

3/4 cup (120g) pure icing sugar

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan-forced. Grease shallow 22cm-square cake pan; line base and sides with baking paper, extending paper 5cm over edges.

2.Beat spread and sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until changed to a paler colour. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in milk, ground hazelnuts, sifted flour and cocoa, in two batches.

3.Spread mixture into pan; bake about 20 minutes. Stand cake in pan 10 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

4.Meanwhile, make fudge frosting. Stir caster sugar, spread and the water in small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Transfer to medium bowl; gradually stir in sifted icing sugar and cocoa until smooth. Cover; refrigerate 20 minutes. Beat frosting with electric mixer until spreadable.

5.Spread cold cake with frosting.

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