Norwegian Hazelnut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 5 ounces hazelnuts (filberts)
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease bottom only of a 10-inch springform pan.
• 3 reserve 8 whole hazelnuts for garnish.
• 4 with a blender or food processor, grind hazelnuts to a coarse meal (makes about 1 1/3 cups).
• 5 reserve 1 tablespoon ground hazelnuts for garnish.
• 6 melt butter; set aside to cool.
• 7 in a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until thick and lemon colored, about 2-3 minutes.
• 8 lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.
• 9 add flour, baking powder, and ground hazelnuts; mix well.
• 10 continue beating, adding cooled, melted butter gradually until well blended.
• 11 (mixture will be quite thick).
• 12 spread batter in prepared pan.
• 13 bake for 35-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 14 cool 15 minutes; remove sides of pan.
• 15 run long knife under cake to loosen from pan bottom; invert onto serving plate.
• 16 allow to cool about 30 minutes, covered with light cloth towel.
• 17 to prepare glaze, bring half-and-half and salt just to a boil; remove from heat.
• 18 stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until melted and smooth.
• 19 spread glaze over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down the sides.
• 20 sprinkle reserved ground hazelnuts around the top edge of the cake.
• 21 halve reserved whole hazelnuts; arrange around top edge of cake over nut garnish.
• 22 store in a tightly closed cake container as this cake will dry out.
• 23 i have also frozen it successfully.