Oh Nutella Swirl Loaf, let me count the ways I love you. You crept upon me in a moment of urgent cake need, whisked up in just a moment or two. You’re so quick and simple, but I can take you anywhere, proud of your charm and rugged looks. Your nutty goodness makes anyone and everyone want to dive in and yet you still keep my secret.. That you’re really super easy to make. I won’t tell if you don’t!
This Nutella Cake is a really simple cake batter, mixed up in just a few minutes with the usual creaming butter and sugar, then adding eggs and flour. You then take out a third of the batter, mix with Nutella. Pop it all into a greased and lined loaf tin, swirl a little and there you have it ready to bake. I then top it with more Nutella (is there ever enough?) and roasted hazelnuts.
How do you make Nutella icing?
To make Nutella frosting I generally use ratios of 25% Unsalted Butter, 25% Icing Sugar and 50% Nutella. Beat the butter and icing sugar until fluffy and then beat in the Nutella. Add a little boiling water to soften if necessary. However, in this recipe, I have cheated and used neat Nutella instead of icing as a shortcut to speed you up on your way to Nutella Cake heaven. Either option is fine.
How do you melt Nutella?
Nutella is simple to warm gently in the microwave (just 20 seconds or so). I like to warm it gently like this before mixing into the cake batter. It makes it far easier to combine with the cake batter.
What can you do with Nutella?
Nutella works so well in so many baking recipes, giving a delicious nutty chocolatey flavour. There’s heaps of inspiration on my Nutella Pinterest board or how about my No Bake Nutella Cheesecake or Peanut Butter Nutella Blondies?
Tips for making the Nutella Cake recipe:
This recipe uses a 900g/2lb loaf tin like this one: Master Class Non-Stick Loaf Tin- 23cm x 13cm This time may vary by up to 15 minutes either way depending on your oven so just check the cake at 45 minutes onwards. Be sure to line the tin with baking paper so that the cake comes out easily.
Fancy some other chocolate cake recipes? How about my Chocolate Orange Cake recipe or my Ultimate Snickers Layer Cake? Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. I’d love to know how you got on and what you thought of it if you make this Nutella Loaf recipe. Please rate the recipe and leave me a comment below if you do. Also, if you fancy showing me a photo by tagging me on Instagram (@tamingtwins) I LOVE to see your creations
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