Café Gourmand with Mini-Cakes
Valentine's Day heart-shaped cake
Duration: | Servings: | Level: |
1h 30min
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8
persons
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Medium
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HAZELNUT SPONGE CAKE | Amount | |
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Eggs | 4 | |
Egg yolks | 2 | |
Sugar | 200g | |
Flour | 200g | |
Ground hazelnuts | 50g | |
Baker's yeast | 6g | |
Pinch of salt | 1 | |
Crushed hazelnuts, to taste |
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat the eggs (including the egg yolks) and the sugar with an electric mixer into a smooth, frothy mixture.
- Sift the flour, yeast and salt.
- Combine the powders to the mixture by slowly folding from bottom to top. Add the hazelnuts. Butter a heart-shaped mold (about 22cm in diameter) and bake at 180C for 45-50 minutes.
- Once cooled, cut the pie and stuff with the hazelnut cream.
- Smear the same cream over the pie's exterior and decorate the edges with Ferrero Rocher. Sprinkle the center with the crushed hazelnuts.
- With a bit of red sugar paste, make a small heart and place it on the cake.
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