Nutella Cake

This Nutella Cake is a rich and indulgent dessert highlighting the delicious blend of chocolate and hazelnut! A moist chocolate cake coated in a decadent Nutella Frosting and topped with Ferrero Rocher candy and chopped hazelnuts.

Indulge in this Decadent Nutella Cake

This cake isn’t hard to make. It’s a simple 2-layer cake that you can make with either 8 or 9-inch round cake pans. Then you whip up the frosting and assemble it.

I have grown to really love Nutella when mixed into recipes with additional chocolate. This way it’s not overwhelming and adds a fun dynamic beyond regular chocolate cake, cookies, or hot chocolate.

Ingredients For Nutella Cake

Cake – The cake itself is the same chocolate cake recipe I use in my Black Magic Cake. It’s made completely from scratch and uses Dutch cocoa powder and hot coffee to really deepen the rich chocolate flavor.

For cake ingredients, you’ll need: granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, Dutch cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt, large eggs, buttermilk, brewed black coffee, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract.

Frosting – One batch of my decadent 5-ingredient Nutella Frosting.

Toppings – Ferrero Rocher Candy, hazelnuts, and sprinkles.

How To Make Nutella Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line and grease two 9 or 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper and cooking spray and set aside. Click for the photo instructions for lining round pans with parchment paper.
2. Combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and mix together.
3. Beat the eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil, and vanilla into the dry ingredients and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, the batter is going to be very thin.
4. Evenly divide the batter between the two prepared pans and bake the cakes for 40 to 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
5. Cool in pans for at least 10 minutes and loosen from sides of pan before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
6. While the cakes are cooling, prepare the Nutella Frosting, then assemble and frost the cooled cakes starting with a thin crumb coat and chilling for 30 minutes before adding the final coating. Pipe additional frosting around the edge and top as desired.
7. Add Ferrero Rocher candies, chopped hazelnuts, and chocolate sprinkles for the final touch.

How To Decorate Nutella Cake

I decorated this layer cake with Ferrero Rocher candies and chopped hazelnuts and sprinkles on the top of the cake for the ultimate showstopping finish!

However, you don’t need to add the extra hazelnuts or Ferrero Rocher candies to the cake – I know they can be expensive. But they do give it that wow factor.

A little bit of fancy piping and some sprinkles really go a long way when decorating cakes!

I also love using this large star piping tip to decorate many of my cakes! A revolving cake stand will also make frosting any cake a lot easier, I love this stand and spatula set – it’s such a great price too!

This cake is actually one I had been dreaming up for years as it was inspired by the Throne of Glass book series.

The main character in the series indulges in Chocolate Hazelnut Cake several times and since I like to pull recipe inspiration from the media I consume, I thought this would be a delicious tribute to one of my favorite series!

If you love fantasy, I highly recommend picking it up, it’s really good on Audible too!

Storage Instructions

If you’re serving it at a party – it won’t 😉

But if you really must know, this cake will last for up to 1 week covered in the fridge and 2 to 3 days covered at room temperature.

More Delicious Nutella Recipes

• Nutella Stuffed Cookies – Double chocolate chip cookies with a gooey Nutella center!
• No Bake Nutella Cheesecake Bars – Meet your new favorite cheesecake recipe!
• Nutella Hot Chocolate – Rich, creamy hot chocolate made with your favorite hazelnut spread!
• Easy Nutella No Bake Cookies – An oatmeal-based cookie that takes just 15 minutes to prep!
• Strawberry Nutella Pastries – A flaky pastry loaded with fruity berries and sweet Nutella!