Thursday, February 26, 2009

Nutella Butter Cake

I was flipping through my stack of filed printed recipes for something simple and using yogurt to bake. I was thinking of baking some simple cake for our workshop today. Having quite a number of yogurt-related recipes, I wasn't ready to get too complicated as I didn't have much time to prepare those small details (like grating the oranges or lemons for the zest etc). So I decided on this recipe from HHB - Nutella Butter Cake.

The ingredients were readily available and easy to prepare. However, I think I must've got "stucked" with the creaming part, that my cake was a bit dry (over-baked too?). Another cause could be that I used 2 tbsps of my remaining Nutella and it was a bit dry, unlike the 1 tbsp of the newly opened Nutella. There wasn't much Nutella taste and I ended up having to frost it with Nutella instead! :p The cake wasn't very fragrant after baking too. However, there is something special about this cake that makes me want to try to bake again. I shall try it again one day.

The cake was "smiling" when I took it out. So "friendly" leh!


I frost the top with Nutella to make it more Nutella taste!


Finally, I sprinkled some snow powder to make it pretty.

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4 comments:

  1. ElyseFebruary 26, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    I love it! When it doubt, frost the cake with more nutella. That should be a life philosophy or something. This cake looks divine (I mean, it did come out of the oven smiling)!! Can't wait to try it for myself.

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  2. Art of EatingFebruary 27, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    Good choice about frosting with Nutella.

    I baked this same recipe quite sometime ago b4 i started blogging and I felt the same way about the lacking of the Nutella taste

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  3. Passionate About BakingMarch 2, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Hi Elyse,
    Yes, when in doubt, just frost it! One of the best thing you should have in the fridge is Chocolate Ganache. What can go wrong with a ganache? ;)

    Hi Art of Eating,
    Thanks very much for sharing your experience. Looks like I'm not alone!

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  4. Art of EatingMay 19, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Good choice about frosting with Nutella.

    I baked this same recipe quite sometime ago b4 i started blogging and I felt the same way about the lacking of the Nutella taste

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