Festive Hazelnut Coffee Cake Recipes

CRANBERRY-HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour a 9 inch springform pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Fold in cranberries and hazelnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan. Mix together 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle over cake, and swirl through the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 75 to 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

HAZELNUT LATTE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Generously butter two 20cm sandwich tins (ideally about 4.5cm deep or deeper) and line the bases with baking parchment. Put the hazelnuts into a food processor with 2 tbsp of the sugar, then pulse until finely chopped. Don't expect them to go as fine as ground almonds and avoid over-processing, as this can make the nuts greasy.
• Put the butter, milk and coffee powder into a small pan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Set aside.
• Now start the sponge. Crack the eggs into the bowl of a tabletop mixer, add the rest of the sugar and beat for 5-10 mins (or beat with an electric hand mixer in a large deep bowl for 15-20 mins) or until thick and billowy, and the mixture leaves a trail that holds for a couple of seconds. It is really important that the mixture has thickened, almost doubling in size, in order to achieve a light sponge.
• Mix the cornflour, plain flour and 1/2 tsp salt, and sift onto the whisked mixture. Using a large metal spoon, fold in very carefully. Sprinkle in the ground nuts, then fold these in too. Pour the warm milk mix around the edge of the bowl, and fold this in. Don't rush the folding, and continue with a light lifting and cutting motion until ribbons of liquid stop appearing. Divide the batter between the tins, then bake for 25 mins until risen to the middle and a burnished gold.
• Loosen the sides of the cakes with a palette knife, then cool in the tins on a rack for 20 mins (the cakes will level off, and possibly go a bit wrinkly, but that's normal). Carefully remove from the tins and cool, paper-side down.
• Make the syrup and the frosting while you wait. Put the sugar and 4 tbsp water into a small pan. Bring to the boil and leave for 1 min then take off the heat. Stir in the coffee and alcohol. Beat the mascarpone, hazelnut chocolate spread and coffee together with a wooden spoon, until silky and even.
• To assemble, cut the cold cakes horizontally across the middle, using a long serrated knife. With a pastry brush, dampen the cut surfaces all over with the syrup. Use it all. Put one cake layer onto a plate or stand, cut-side up. Spoon on 3 generous dollops of the frosting, then spread to the edges with a palette knife. The frosting should be about 5mm deep. Repeat with the next two layers. When you come to the final layer, place it cut-side down, so that the top of the cake is smooth. Paddle the rest of the frosting over the top and sides of the cake. The layer on the top can be thin. Clean the knife then use it to press a neat ring of nuts into the frosting on the side of the cake. Brush any excess away.
• For the topping, put 3 tbsp of the cream, 1 tsp icing sugar and 1 tbsp milk into a small bowl. Put the rest of the cream, milk and sugar, plus most of the dissolved coffee into a larger bowl. Whip the white cream, then the coffee cream, until they look like soft cappuccino froth, thick but still able to flow from a spoon. Pour most of the coffee cream onto the cake and push it out to cover the top. Whisk a little more coffee into what is left, so that it turns a few shades darker.
• To decorate with a characteristic latte 'tree' shape, load a pointy teaspoon with a little of the white cream. Start at the base of the tree, just right of the centre of the cake. Push the spoon into the coffee cream and let the white cream flow slowly. As it flows, drag the spoon then pull it gently away, to make a leaf-like shape. Repeat with more white cream on the left to make another leaf, then repeat 3-4 times, working up the cake top graduating from large to small leaves. Use the same technique to sweep a couple of arc shapes around the edge of the pattern.
• Use the dark cream to add detail to each leaf - you can paint this on with the tip of a teaspoon or a clean cocktail stick. Use a cocktail stick to drag the points of each leaf up and outwards. Draw a line down from the top of the 'tree' to the bottom to finish. The cake will keep for up to 2 days. Loosely cover any cut edges but avoid covering the cake directly as you could damage the decoration. Serve from the fridge or at cool room temperature.

HAZELNUT CRUMB COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts; set aside. , In a small saucepan, melt chocolate over low heat. Stir until smooth; cool. In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add the sour cream, butter and egg; beat until blended. Remove 1 cup of batter; stir in chocolate., Spread the remaining batter into a greased 8-in. square baking dish; spoon chocolate batter over the top. Cut through batters with a knife to swirl. Sprinkle with reserved nut topping. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

CHERRY AND HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with a round of parchment.
• 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl. In another large bowl, beat the butter and granulated sugar with an electric hand-held mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well. At low speed, mix the flour mixture into the eggs in three batches, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour, until just combined. Scoop the batter into the cake pan. Smooth out the top and scatter the cherries and hazelnuts evenly over the batter. Sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.
• 3. Bake the cake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a rack, remove the parchment, invert and cool completely. Serve.

HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 °F, 175 °C. Grease a 9-inch round springform pan or a Bundt Pan with butter. Plce the hazelnuts in a baking pan and toast them for 7-8 minutes in the preheated oven. While the hazelnuts are still hot, place them in a large kitchen towel and rub them together to remove as much of their skin as possible. Once they have cooled, lift them and dust off the skins and pulse in a food processor until finely ground. Prepare the Greek coffee and allow it to cool comletely. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, and vanilla extract. Add the egg yolks and beat until incorporated. Add the coffee and whisk together. The mixture may appear curdled or broken but it will cometogether once the flour is added. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and hazelnuts in a bowl and whisk them together. Add the four mixture to the butter mixture in 2-3 batches being careful not to overmix. Add the milk and mix together. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff. Fold them into the cake batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan. Bake on the center rack for about 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few crumbs attached. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 15-20 minutes. Use a knife to releas the cake from the sides and center of the pan. Inver the cake onto a serving platter. Once the cake has cooled comletely dust with confectioner;s sugar or top with the mascarpone frosting. For the Mascarpone Frosting: Combine all of teh frosting ingredients together in a bowl and beat together until thick and fluffy. Serve the cake with Greek coffee. Kali Orexi!

HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) and line an 8 inch square baking dish with tin foil or parchment paper.
• In a food processor add the hazelnuts and almond flour and blend until its all of a similar fine flour like texture. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and stir in the eggs, baking soda, vanilla extract, honey, ground coffee and melted coconut oil and mix until well combined
• Pour the mixture into the lined baking dish. If topping with hazelnuts, evenly scatter them over the top of the batter.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• If topping with icing in a food processor or blender combine all of the ingredients for the icing and blend until smooth, you may need to add a splash of almond milk or water to get it really smooth.
• Once the coffee cake has completely cooled, evenly top with the icing and serve.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE WITH HAZELNUT-CORNFLAKE CRUMBS

Steps:

• Combine the flour, brown sugar, cornflakes, hazelnuts, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Dollop the chocolate-hazelnut spread on top and carefully smooth with the spatula. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate and re-invert onto a rack to cool completely. When the cake is cool, dust with confectioners? sugar.

COCOA-SWIRL COFFEE CAKE WITH HAZELNUT CRUMB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread hazelnuts on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until fragrant and golden brown and skins are loosened. Rub nuts in a clean kitchen towel to remove skins, then coarsely chop.
• Brush a 9-by-2-inch square cake pan with butter. Line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter parchment, then dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using your fingers, work butter into mixture until it has the texture of coarse meal. Remove and reserve 2/3 cup of mixture.
• Make a well in center of remaining mixture in bowl and add eggs, whisking to break up, then add yogurt and vanilla. Whisk to combine into a batter (you might see some small specks of butter; that's okay). Scrape about three-quarters of batter into prepared pan, then whisk cocoa into remaining batter. Dollop evenly over top and swirl with a toothpick or skewer.
• Return reserved flour-butter mixture to bowl and stir in hazelnuts until a granola-like mixture forms. Sprinkle over top of batter in pan, squeezing to create clumps. Bake until top of cake springs back when lightly pressed, about 45 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Using overhangs, lift out of pan and transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely. Cut into 12 squares. Cake can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.