I had my birthday recently, and I decided to make my own cake. I love chocolate and hazelnuts, so I made a Ferrero Rocher inspired cake.
It’s a dairy-free and gluten-free cake. To make the recipe paleo-friendly, use coconut flour instead of flax meal. However, I like using flax meal, because it makes the cake a little bit lighter.
I decided to share how I made my cake just to give you a few ideas. It’s quite rich and decadent, but it’s a birthday cake after all. The recipe makes 8-10 big slices.
It was a simple one layer cake. The way I made the cake is similar to my cakey brownie recipe. However, I doubled the ingredients and used some hazelnut butter instead of tahini. Also, I replaced some of the flax meal and desiccated coconut with some coconut flour.
I baked for about 18 minutes, and I let it cool down completely.
Then, I made ganache by combining some melted dark chocolate with some hazelnut butter, coconut oil, and a little bit of coconut milk.
When the ganache cooled down completely, I added some ground hazelnuts. Then I spread the ganache over the cake.
I decorated it with some chocolate-covered hazelnuts and some truffles that I made the day before.
The recipe for the truffles or bliss balls is very simple. I ground some hazelnuts, then added a few dates, cocoa powder, and hazelnut butter. I mixed everything in the food processor.
Then I rolled small balls out of the mixture and put them in the fridge overnight.
Finally, I sprinkled some more ground hazelnuts over the cake.
It was heavenly and everybody loved it!
Also, check out my other homemade Ferrero truffles.
Ingredients
For the cake
- Double the ingredients for this recipe
- Use hazelnut butter instead of tahini
For the ganache
- 80 g (3 oz) chocolate
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons hazelnut butter
- 1/4 cup of milk of your choice
- Ground hazelnuts - optional
For the truffles
- 6 dates
- 3 tablespoons hazelnut butter
- 1/4 cup ground hazelnuts
- 2-3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- (Or check this recipe)
For decoration
- Chocolate-covered hazelnuts - optional
- Ground hazelnuts - optional
Instructions
For the cake
- Follow the step in this recipe to make the cake.
For the truffles
- Soak the dates in warm water until they soften a bit.
- Ground the nuts in the food processor.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and process until you have a homogenous mixture.
- Shape balls out of the mixture and leave them in the fridge for a few hours to harden up a bit.
For the ganache
- Melt the chocolate, add coconut oil, hazelnut butter, and milk and mix thoroughly.
- Let the ganache cool down to room temperature and spread it over the chilled cake.
For decoration
- Use the truffles to decorate the cake however you like.
- Sprinkle ground nuts.
- Leave the cake in the fridge for a few hours to set.
- Enjoy!
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It sounds like a beautiful cake and just perfect for celebrating your birthday with! I’d happily have it for my birthday too.
Thank you so much, Corina! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
Such a pretty and delicious cake Ellie, looks scrumptious!
Thank you so much, Patty! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
wow. First off when I try recipes they usually taste good, but they never look like yours!
Second, I have to stop now, I am really hungry for some reason.
Hehe, thank you so much Scott! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
This looks incredible! Chocolate and hazelnut is one of my favorite flavor combos!
Thank you so much, Lisa! I love it too; happy weekend! 🙂
Oh Yum! Your desserts are so easy to make, thanks for sharing, I am sure to try this one too.
Thank you so much, Andria! I’m happy that you find them easy to make! 🙂
Belated Happy Birthday! This is a beautiful looking and delicious cake. I love chocolate hazelnut cake. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I am hungry now;-)))
Thank you so much for your kind words, Thelma! 🙂
waw!! I am super impressed!
Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙂