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Nutella cornflakes crunch cake
A soft cocoa sponge glazed with ganache and armored in a Nutella-cornflakes shell that crackles with every slice.
Prep25 min
Cook20 min
Total45 min
Serves8
Ingredients
- For the cake: 2 eggs (100 g)
- 90 g sugar (1/2 cup)
- 27 g oil (3 tbsp)
- 24 g cocoa (3 tbsp)
- 120 g milk (1/2 cup)
- 135 g all-purpose flour (1 cup)
- 5 g baking powder (1 tsp)
- For the ganache: 100 g semisweet chocolate
- 100 g heavy cream (6 tbsp)
- 15 g butter
- For the crunch topping: 2 chocolate bars, melted
- 20 g Nutella (1 big tbsp)
- 1/2 to 1 cup cornflakes
Instructions
- Whisk the eggs with the sugar until pale, then the oil and milk. Fold in the flour, cocoa and baking powder.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool.
- For the ganache, heat the cream, pour over the chocolate, rest 2 minutes, stir smooth and finish with the butter. Spread over the cooled cake.
- Melt the chocolate bars with the Nutella, fold in the cornflakes until coated, and spoon the crunch over the ganache.
- Chill 20 minutes until the shell sets, then slice and listen to the crack.
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