Creamy Chocolate Hazelnut Frosting Recipes

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT FILLING AND WHIPPED-CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Place 2 tablespoons cold water in a small saucepan; sprinkle with gelatin, and set aside to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk chocolate-hazelnut spread with 1/4 cup cream; set aside.
• Heat gelatin mixture very gently over low, stirring just until dissolved; set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat remaining 2 cups cream with sugar until soft peaks form. While still beating, pour dissolved gelatin mixture over cream all at once (gently reheat gelatin mixture if it has stiffened).
• Fold half of whipped cream into chocolate-hazelnut spread mixture to finish the Chocolate-Hazelnut Filling; the remaining whipped cream is the Whipped-Cream Frosting.

NUTELLA FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Stop the mixer and add confectioners' sugar, Nutella, heavy cream, and vanilla extract. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds, then increase to medium-high speed and beat for 2 full minutes. Add up to 1/2 cup more confectioners' sugar if frosting is too thin or another Tablespoon of cream if frosting is too thick. Add a pinch of salt if frosting is too sweet. (I always add 1/8 teaspoon salt.)
• Use immediately or cover tightly and store for up to 1 week in the refrigerator or up to 3 months in the freezer. After freezing, thaw in the refrigerator then beat the frosting on medium speed for a few seconds so it's creamy again. After thawing or refrigerating, beating in a splash of heavy cream or milk will help thin the frosting out again, if needed.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Combine the chocolate frosting, chocolate-hazelnut spread, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat until well blended and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese in a bowl with an electric hand mixer until softened. Add hazelnut spread, milk, and cream sherry; continue beating until smoothly combined into a frosting.

5 INGREDIENT HAZELNUT CAKE {& 3 YEAR BLOGGIVERSARY & GIVEAWAY!!}

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350, line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside, and line a springform pan bottom with parchment paper, then assemble the pan and spray with cooking spray.
• Pour hazelnuts onto the aluminum foil lined baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes, until they are toasted and nice and golden brown (I like to shake the pan about halfway through so that the nuts toast evenly). Remove from oven, and let cool for 5 minutes.
• In a food processor process the toasted hazelnuts until there are no more big chunks of nuts left, about 1 minute - you don't want to over process it because you don't want it to become a paste, it should look mealy.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer beat egg whites until soft white peaks form (mine take between 5-7 minutes form, you could also do this with a hand mixer.) A tip to remember is that the bowl you put your egg whites in should be completely clean, so I always do this step first.
• In a separate bowl using a stand mixer or hand mixer beat the egg yolks and then slowly add 1 cup of sugar in a steady stream while beating the yolks and beat until it is a smooth light creamy color (about 2 minutes).
• Now fold alternatively into the egg whites big spoonfuls of the egg yolk mixture and hazelnuts, starting and ending with the hazelnuts. Make sure you always fold under so that your cake is nice and fluffy, not dense.
• When batter done, spoon it into the springform pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• In a microwave safe bowl melt the chocolate chips by microwaving them in 30 second intervals, stirring at each interval, until the chocolate chips are melted (mine take 1 minute 30 seconds usually). Spoon the chocolate over the cake.
• In a bowl beat the heavy cream and 1 Tbs sugar until it the beater leaves marks and is whipped cream consistency - mine takes 5 minutes usually. Now you can just spoon it onto the cake and spread it, or you can put it into a frosting/piping bag and frost it (I usually just spoon it into a zip lock bag, cut off a tip and viola, frosting bag). If not serving cake right away, you can put it in the fridge for storage, when the cake cools the chocolate gets hard and forms a cool layer that cracks when cut!

TRIPLE HAZELNUT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• To make the cake, grease 2 (9 by 2-inch) round cake pans with shortening and line bottoms with parchment rounds. Grease parchment and dust each pan with 1 tablespoon flour, shaking out excess. Set pans aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs, liqueur, and hazelnut extract until blended and set aside.
• In a large bowl of an electric stand mixer, gently combine on low speed 3 1/3 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and hazelnuts until blended. Add the butter and sour cream and beat on low speed until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 1/2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. In 3 separate additions, add the egg mixture to the batter, beating for 30 seconds after each addition. Divide batter evenly into the prepared pans and bake on the center rack for 40 to 45 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, discard parchment and cool cakes completely on wire racks, 1 to 2 hours.
• To make the hazelnut filling, in a medium saucepan melt the butter over medium heat.
• Sprinkle with flour and whisk until smooth. Reduce heat to medium-low, add the sugar and cream and cook, whisking constantly, for 7 to 10 minutes or until mixture is thickened. Stir in the hazelnuts, salt, liqueur, hazelnut extract, and chocolate and cook just until chocolate melts. Set aside in a bowl and cool completely.
• To make the chocolate buttercream frosting, melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler over medium heat until smooth. Set aside, off the heat, and cool completely. In a large bowl whisk together the sugar and egg whites until blended. Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk until mixture reaches 140 degrees F.
• Remove mixture to a large bowl of a stand mixture with a whisk attachment and beat on low speed for 1 minute to cool slightly. Increase speed to high and beat for 4 minutes or until mixture is cool to the touch and doubled in volume. Reduce speed to low and add the softened butter 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition, until all of the butter has been added. Continue to beat until mixture looks smooth. Fold in the melted chocolate and the hazelnut extract and beat until fluffy.
• To assemble the cake, split each cake layer horizontally in half to make 4 separate layers. Spread equal amounts of the hazelnut filling between each layer and frost top and sides of cake with the buttercream. To garnish, press chopped hazelnuts onto the sides of the cake. Using a pastry bag fitted with a star tip, pipe rosettes around the top rim using remaining frosting. Place whole hazelnuts and chocolate curls on the top of the cake.
• Tip: To make this cake an easier undertaking, take the time to search out hazelnuts that have already been peeled. If peeled nuts are unavailable, working in batches, boil nuts in 2 cups water along with 2 tablespoons baking soda for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Run nuts under water and slip off skins. Dry the nuts well and toast on a baking sheet in a 350 degree F oven for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool and finely chop and proceed with recipe. If you purchase the nuts already peeled, toast in a 350 degree F oven for only 15 minutes.

FLUFFY NUTELLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a stand mixer afixed with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and powdered sugar on low until well-blended. Add the Nutella and increase the speed to medium. Beat for two minutes.
• Add the vanilla extract and salt and whip for an additional 30 seconds.
• Add the whipping cream and beat for about one minute, until the frosting lightens slightly in both color and texture.