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This is my grandmas delicious and fluffy hazelnut cake recipe. It´s the best and it reminds me on my childhood. This cake is super easy to make and full of healthy hazelnuts. Its a simple and easy cake recipe but so delicious.
This hazelnut cake recipe is:
- fluffy
- soft
- with nuts
- easy
- fast
- great for birthdays
If you like you can dust the cake with powdered sugar or you can cover the cake with a chocolate ganache. Like this nut chocolate cake.
Hazelnut cake recipe
150 g / 2/3cup of soft vegetable butter
210 g / 1,5 cups ground hazelnuts
210 g /1.5 cups all purpose flour
1 pack. / 15 g baking powder
100 g / 1/2 cup of sugar
125 ml / 1/2 cups of milk or oat milK
3 eggs Medium size or egg substitute
also
1 loaf pan 20 cm
Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees celcius.
Lay out or grease a loaf pan with baking paper.
Beat butter with sugar for a few minutes with the hand mixer very creamy.
Then gradually add the eggs and always add the next to the butter mixture, if the previous one is thoroughly mixed.
Mix flour, hazelnuts and baking powder. Add the milk and the flour mix to the butter mixture and mix well but don´t over mix.
Put in the form and bake for 60 minutes. Cake is ready until the top is brown and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean
Allow the cake to cool and cover with powdered sugar before serving.
If you try this hazelnut cake recipe or one of my other recipes, please leave us a comment how you liked it. Tag @KLARASLIFE on Instagram and hashtag it #KLARASLIFE We would love to see what you come up with. Thank you!
Fluffy Hazelnut Cake
Equipment
- baking form 20 cm
Ingredients
- 150 g of soft vegetable butter 2/3 cup
- 210 g ground hazelnuts 1.5 cups
- 210 g all purpose flour 1.5 cups
- 1 pack. 15 g baking powder
- 100 g of sugar 1/2 cup
- 125 ml of milk or oat milK 1/2 cup
- 3 eggs Medium size or egg substitute
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees celcius.
- Lay out or grease a springform pan with baking paper.
- Beat butter with sugar for a few minutes with the hand mixer very creamy.
- Then gradually add the eggs and always add the next to the butter mixture, if the previous one is thoroughly mixed.
- Mix flour, hazelnuts and baking powder. Add the milk and the flour mix to the butter mixture and mix well but don´t over mix.
- Put in the form and bake for 60 minutes. Cake is ready until the top is brown and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean
- Allow the cake to cool and cover with powdered sugar before serving.
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Sonia
Thank you for the yummy recipe. My husband couldn’t stop eating it 🙂
I will definitely save this recipe for a long time
Klaraslife
Awe Sonia, thank you so so much for your great feedback!!
Jeanne
Hi do I need to reduce the time of baking if I am baking a smaller size cake ?
Klaraslife
Hi Jeanne,
yes you can check the cake after 30 minutes. Make a toothpick sample before removing the cake from the oven.
Enjoy.
Christina Zotou
Hi,
When do we add the milk?
Klaraslife
Hi Christina,
see in the recipe. Instruction number 5.
Happy day
KyF
Is it possible to make this into cupcakes rather than a cake? If so what alterations do you think would be necessary?
Klaraslife
Hi Kylie,
I think I should be work 🙂 and you can use 6 cupcakes.
Jessy
Dear klaraslife,
Thank you for the delicious recipe 🙂
Could you please send me the ingredients in cups please
Thanks in advance
Klaraslife
Hi 🙂
I added the cups in the recipe.
I hope you like the cake.
Best Kathrin
Marilyn Rodrigues
Hi what if i reduced the amount of nuts by 100 grms? Doni have to do any adjustment with the flour.
Klaraslife
Hi, If you reduce 100 g nuts you must use 65 g more flour. That should work. 🙂
Best
Kathrin
Randa
Hi,do we use raw hazelnuts? Do we need to peel them?roast them?I look forward to try your recipe..hope to get an answer soon.
Tnx
Klaraslife
Hi, you can use raw hazelnuts or you roast and peel them.
Enjoy it 🙂
Randa
So we can use them with the skin?
Klaraslife
Yes you can use it with skin.
Best
Jodie
Hey, I can’t wait to try this cake!
What sugar do you use? Granulated or caster sugar?
Klaraslife
Hi
I use granulated sugar.
Happy friday
Howard
Thank you, This gives me a good way to use our hazelnuts from the garden. I feel it needs a little bit more sugar for my taste buds.
Debbie
Could this be made as a decorated birthday cake or is it more a “loaf”??? Thanks
Klaraslife
Hi Debbie, yes it must work too.
Enjoy it.
Shoba
Hi just to confirm – do we use 3.5 tsp of baking powder?
Klaraslife
Hi, yes that’s correct. In Germany we use 1 packets baking powder that’s 3 1/2 tsp. But I think it will work with 3 tsp too.
Happy day
Pavla
Can I use regular butter instead of vegetable butter?
Klaraslife
Hi, yes you can use regular butter. 🙂
Gerry
By vegetable butter do you mean shortening, like Crisco?
Klaraslife
Hi, yes you can use ALL-VEGETABLE SHORTENING BAKING STICKS by crisco. 🙂
charmaine
can i use a 7 inch round cake pan?
Klaraslife
Yes, it is almost the same volume.
charmaine
can i substitute all purpose flour with cake flour?
Klaraslife
Hi Charmaine,
yes I think it must work too.
Best
Kathrin
Bea
What an amazing cake! It taste like crunch ferrero roche or even better💚💚💚
Klaraslife
Hi Bea,
Awe thank you so much!! You made my day.
All the best
Kathrin
Rama
Can we use whole wheat flour to make this cake?
Klaraslife
yes If you like, but you need 10 % more liquid.
Mark Allen
I was searching for a Hazelnut cake like my Oma made for me in 1969. I found your recipe and saw it was your Oma’s so I made it. It was exactly like I remembered and brought me back to her kitchen in Munich. I and all my family loved it. I covered it with a ganache as she did. Perfection! Thank you so much!.
Klaraslife
Hi Mark,
awe thank you so much. So nice to hear that.
Best
Kathrin
Ziustine
Hi, can I use flax eggs instead of chicken eggs?
Klaraslife
Hi,
you can try it with flax egg, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar and 1/2 tsp baking soda.
Let me know if you try it.
Best
Kathrin
Hannah
Hi, can i substitute butter for sunflower oil? If so same do i use same amount? Thank you
Klaraslife
Hi Hannah, yes you can use sunflower oil but you need only 120 ml.
Greetings Kathrin 🙂
Monique
Hi there, if the cake has come out dry do i just add extra milk into the mix? Thank you.
Klaraslife
Hi Monique,
yes you can add a bit more milk.
Helen White
Hi Monique –
Thanks for this recipe. I used it as a base and adapted slightly – making it gluten free, adding some chopped soft dried apricots and poppy seeds, using olive oil instead of butter. It’s lovely – thanks so much! Helen.
Shannon
Made this cake last night, only change I made was to add 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Perfect cake to have with tea. If you leave some of the hazelnuts more coarsely ground it makes the cake a little crunchy inside- highly recommend!
MANDIE
THE CAKE WAS DELICIOUS AND EASIER THAN A HAZLENUT CAKE RECIPE I HAVE. IT OCULD BE A BIT SWEETER THOUGH.