Norwegian Hazelnut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3/4 cup hazelnuts
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 lightly grease the bottom of one 10 inch springform pan.
• 3 reserve 8 whole nuts for garnish.
• 4 pulse the remaining nuts in a food processor until ground, and reserve 1 tablespoon of ground nuts for garnish.
• 5 melt margarine or butter in a small saucepan over low heat, cool.
• 6 in a large bowl beat eggs, sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until thick and lemon colored (about 2 to 3 minutes).
• 7 add flour, baking powder, salt, and ground nuts, mix well.
• 8 continue to beat mixture while slowly adding the cooled melted butter or margarine until blended (mixture will be thick).
• 9 spread batter into prepared pan.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees f.
• 11 for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 12 cool in pan for 15 minutes then remove sides of pan.
• 13 remove pan bottom and invert onto a serving plate.
• 14 cover with a cloth towel and cool for another 30 minutes before glazing.
• 15 to make glaze: in a medium saucepan bring whipping cream just to a boil, take off heat and stir in the semi-sweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate) until melted and smooth.
• 16 stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• 17 spread glaze over top of cooled cake, allowing it to run down the sides.
• 18 sprinkle reserved ground nuts around top edge and arrange whole nuts over ground nuts.
• 19 enjoy!