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Home » Baking Recipes » Cake » Layer Cakes » Praline Coffee Chocolate Cake – We Should Cocoa 2

Praline Coffee Chocolate Cake – We Should Cocoa 2

21st October 2010 by Choclette Filed Under: Cake, Layer Cakes, We Should Cocoa

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It was the last day of my holidays and having seen the lovely scones created by two of my favourite food bloggers Kath of The Ordinary Cook and MangoCheeks of Allotment 2 Kitchen, I sort of thought it would be nice to invite some friends over for tea.  Scones, cake and tea, what could be better?

As I had a bit more time than usual I thought I would take the opportunity to make something a bit special for this month’s We Should Cocoa challenge (as well as my friends, ahem).  I poured over a few recipe books and couldn’t find anything I was happy with, so I ended up doing my own thing which was, sort of, very loosely based on the Coffee and Hazelnut Cake from Bake & Decorate.  This is what I did:

  • Spent a couple of hours cracking hazelnuts to produce 200g.
  • Roasted in a tin for 5 mins at 180C to loosen the skins and brown the nuts a little.
  • Left to cool then rubbed off the skins between my hands.
  • Ground 100g to a fine(ish) consistency and set aside.
  • Placed remaining 100g in a pan with 100g granulated sugar and put on a low heat until sugar had caramelised.
  • Turned out onto a board and left to go cool.
  • Broke of a few whole nuts and reserved for decoration, then roughly blitzed the rest and voila, my first attempt at praline was a success – phew!
  • Creamed 225g unsalted butter with 225g light muscovado sugar for ages.
  • Beat in 4 eggs one by one.
  • Sifted in 180g flour (160g wholemeal, 20g buckwheat), 2 tbsp cocoa, 1 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp bicarb of soda.
  • Stirred in 100g ground hazelnuts followed by 75ml Greek yogurt and finally 50ml strong coffee.
  • Divided mixture between two 21cm cake thingies and baked for 25 mins at 180C.
  • Left to cool.
  • Creamed 50g unsalted butter with 100g icing sugar.
  • Beat in 1 tbsp strong coffee until mixture was smooth.
  • Stirred in 50g of praline.
  • Spread this over one half of cold cake, then placed the other half on top.
  • Melted 80g plain coffee chocolate (I used the 55% Coffee Affair from Chocolate and Love), 10g unsalted butter and 40g double cream in a pan over hot water.
  • Stirred until smooth.
  • Left to cool slightly then poured this over the cake top and spread to the sides.
  • Covered this with the remaining 50g of praline and the reserved whole pralined nuts.
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There is no other way to describe this cake other than lush.  Different layers with their different tastes and textures made for a wonderful whole. It cut well and had a lovely moist but light texture; it tasted delicious and the crunchy caramelly nuts were irresistible.  The coffee came though quite strongly with the chocolate taking a back seat, but the wonderful taste of roasted hazelnuts predominated and lingered on long after the coffee had disappeared.  In the end I made cheese scones rather than fruit ones as I thought something savoury before the cake would be a better pairing. But if it hadn’t been for those fruit scones, I would never have proceeded down this route.  Much as I shouldn’t preen, I was exceedingly pleased with this creation and it would make a great celebratory cake for the coffee or hazelnut lover in one’s life.  CT says if the lover in your life doesn’t like coffee or hazelnuts, it may be time to throw your net further afield.

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  1. blankMaya Russell says

    4th August 2013 at 7:21 am

    Well done on making the praline. The cake looks delicious.

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  2. blankSophie says

    31st October 2010 at 9:50 am

    Waw!! Your filled huge cake looks so pretty & fabulous too!

    MMMMMMM,…looks outstanding too!

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  3. blankChoclette says

    27th October 2010 at 5:31 pm

    Thank you Emma – I shall be making that praline again for sure.

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  4. blankEmma @CakeMistress says

    26th October 2010 at 8:00 am

    Wow, the flavours in this cake sound intoxicating. What a beautiful treat.

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  5. blankChoclette says

    25th October 2010 at 6:40 pm

    Sushma, FoodyCat, CC, Hazel & Margaret – thank you all for your kind comments.

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  6. blankMargaret says

    25th October 2010 at 8:57 am

    I love praline and could eat a slice of your cake now!

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  7. blankHazel says

    25th October 2010 at 8:01 am

    …LUSH indeed! That whole cake would be gone in seconds if it were in front of me right now. Mmmm. Well done on doing your hazelnuts – time clearly well spent and well rewarded with this absolutely fabulous cake!

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  8. blankThe Caked Crusader says

    25th October 2010 at 7:47 am

    Fab looking cake and a real labour of love, by the sounds of it!

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  9. blankFoodycat says

    24th October 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Chocolate, coffee and hazelnut! Gorgeous!

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  10. blankSushma Mallya says

    24th October 2010 at 1:43 am

    Such a perfectly done beautiful cake,looks so yum

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  11. blankChoclette says

    23rd October 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Celia – what a lovely complement, thank you. It’s always good to make an exception 🙂

    Joanna – thank you. Now I’ve got my head around making praline and realising it’s not that difficult, I shall be repeating the process. Have you made it at all? If so, any tips?

    Kath – phew, yes, that’s lucky indeed.

    Ananda – glad you like the look of it.

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  12. blankAnanda Rajashekar says

    23rd October 2010 at 3:16 pm

    Juts brought from good hazelnut, will give ur cake a go! scrumptious!

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  13. blankKath says

    23rd October 2010 at 8:48 am

    But you like hazelnuts – thank goodness!

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  14. blankjoanna says

    23rd October 2010 at 8:38 am

    What a fabulous first praline cake! What a cracker that one is Choclette. I adore coffee in cakes and praline is just one of my favourite things in the whole world.

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  15. blankcelia says

    22nd October 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Choc, that looks like something you’d find in the window of an expensive French pastry shop! Wow! The lover of my life doesn’t like coffee, but I’m keeping him..hey, after all, he loves my life. 🙂

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  16. blankChoclette says

    22nd October 2010 at 6:46 pm

    Thanks Suelle – it’s so nice when things turn out as one had hoped.

    Dom – oh do join in, I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with. The secret is to make the cake and then give it away – a case of do as I say rather than as I do I fear!

    Gillian – yeah, they were the best bit.

    Kath – enjoyed reading your comment, made me giggle. Thanks for the compliments. The weird thing is I don’t actually like coffee. Oh do get cracking with those nuts, it’s very satisfying making something when you’ve put so much effort into it – but you’d know all about that.

    Catherine – I did have a peek at the application form, sort of had to really. Sadly, don’t think I’m quite in that league.

    Johanna – you don’t like coffee or you won’t drink it for health reasons? Just wondering because I’m not really a coffee fan.

    Liz – thank you. Once for my recipe book – te he!

    Oxslip – I was a little surprised by the OMG, but it made me laugh. Friends were just lucky I was on holiday.

    KitchenMaid – And I was looking forward to your contribution 🙁 Nutella or equivalent is allowed. Haven’t yet been inundated from down under!

    CityHippy – thank you and glad you don’t have to go a-hunting.

    BVG – thank you, trying hard not to preen here 🙂

    Aforkful – cor will do nicely.

    Wendy – thanks

    Chele – thanks. Cake long gone now – unfortunately 🙁

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  17. blankChele says

    22nd October 2010 at 5:12 pm

    A wonderful addition to the We Should Cocoa collection – don’t suppose you could pop a slice inthe post to me lol. I must extend thy digit and post my entry too!!!!

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  18. blank[email protected] Omnivorous Bear says

    22nd October 2010 at 2:36 pm

    Lush indeed… lush, lush, lush!

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  19. blankaforkfulofspaghetti says

    22nd October 2010 at 10:25 am

    Mmmmmm, yes – we should cocoa, indeed. Cor, as Gregg Wallace would say 😉

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  20. blankBrownieville Girl says

    22nd October 2010 at 12:24 am

    Oh man – coffee, chocolate and hazelnuts – a combination made in heaven!!

    I’d love some now!

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  21. blankcityhippyfarmgirl says

    21st October 2010 at 10:03 pm

    Choc I think CT might be on to something there. Lucky for me my lover likes hazelnuts and coffee…phew!
    That cake looks suPERRRB! Layers of sweet goodness.

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  22. blankThe KitchenMaid says

    21st October 2010 at 8:11 pm

    I agree, the comment by CT had me in stitches. Alas, I haven’t come up with anything for We Should Cocoa this month (various reasons, but chiefly because I haven’t been able to find any hazelnuts! Maybe there’s a nationwide shortage that I haven’t heard about… or there is suddenly an army of NZ food bloggers about to unleash their recipes on you). Anyway, this recipe takes the, err, cake. Delish!

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  23. blankoxslip says

    21st October 2010 at 7:15 pm

    OMG. I don’t say that lightly (or barely ever at all actually). That looks amazing, chocolate is so much more chocolately with coffee, it’s one of the best combinations there is. Except praline! Your friends are pretty lucky

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  24. blankLiz says

    21st October 2010 at 2:45 pm

    a classic Chocolette … an absolute classic…love it

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  25. blankJohanna GGG says

    21st October 2010 at 12:08 pm

    looks delicious – I love praline and chocolate though I would leave out the coffee – for my own good!

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  26. blankCatherine says

    21st October 2010 at 11:35 am

    Mmmm that looks amazing! I agree with your savoury choice of the cheese scones also! Oh by the way, I heard on the radio yesterday that the chocolate company “Green & Black” are looking for a “chocolate taster”, I thought of you instantly haha!

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  27. blankKath says

    21st October 2010 at 10:57 am

    Oh that comment by CT made me guffaw ( and I was trying to swallow a gulp of coffee at the time!) There was almost consequences. Dare I say that the cake looks like it might be one your best yet, although obviously there is a lot of competition for that spot. The combo of praline, hazelnuts, coffee and chocolate – that might just push me over the edge. Well done on the cracking of the nuts. I was thinking about using some walnuts from a friend’s tree for a coffee and walnut cake, but I haven’t managed to find the cracking time yet. Thank you for the mention and the big compliment, you are very kind.

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  28. blankGillian says

    21st October 2010 at 10:05 am

    Choclette, you had me at caramelised hazelnuts. Yum.

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  29. blankDom at Belleau Kitchen says

    21st October 2010 at 9:45 am

    no… THIS is the cake!… i’m contributing to the ‘We Should Cocoa’ world this weekend with my hazlenut/choc creation even though The Big V has told me not to make any cakes this weekend due to weight gain…

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  30. blankSuelle says

    21st October 2010 at 7:03 am

    That looks delicious, Choclette. A fine use of a good combination of flavours!

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