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Eclipse Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Cake

Our velvety Cabernet Sauvignon, as rich as a moonlit sky, meets its match in the deep, indulgent flavors of this chocolate cake. It’s a match made in the cosmos!

Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 10
Calories per 855 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 5 Large Eggs
  • 6 tbsp Granulated Sugar
  • 1 3/4 cup Hazelnuts ground
  • 2 tbsp Flour
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder

Cake Cream

  • 8 oz Unsalted Butter Room Temperature
  • 1 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
  • 7 tbsp Hazelnut Spread
  • 1 cup crushed wafers
  • 10 Ferrero Rocher Candy
  • 1/2 cup Hazelnuts Chopped for Decoration

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Whisk eggs with sugar until they are three times in volume, light and fluffy.
  • Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix in with ground nuts.
  • Using spatula, fold in dry ingredients by thirds, be very gentle with the dough so you don’t over mix it and loose the fluffiness. Butter all sides of the 9 inch baking dish, pour batter into the dish.
  • Bake at 350F for about 40 minutes.

Cream

  • Prepare ingredients for the cream.
  • Dissolve chocolate, either in water bath or microwave. Let chocolate cool to a room temperature. Combine chocolate together with butter and Nutella. Whisk cream together.

Assembly

  • Slice the cake into two or three layers. Break wafers into small pieces. Spread cream over each layer evenly, sprinkle wafers over the cream
  • Decorate outside of the cake, using the left over cream, cake and hazelnuts. Slice ferrero rochRr candy in half and place it on the edge of the cake all around.
  • Just before serving the cake, remove from refrigerator to soften the cream a little.

Notes

recipe courtesy of Momsdish
Introducing

2018 Cabernet Sauvignon​

Experience the wine that Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate called “full-bodied, plush, and intensely fruity. [The Stardust Cabernet] has loads of spicy accents with a long fragrant finish” (93+ points).

With notes of plum, blackberries, and silky créme de cassis, find out for yourself how this stellar wine was created to be the perfect compliment to any dish.