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oma's schoko-nusskuchen

Schoko-Nusskuchen

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cuisine German
Servings 12 -16

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup plus 5 Tablespoons 300 gr Butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/4 cup 300 gr Granulated Sugar
  • 5 Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups 300 gr All Purpose Flour
  • 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 2 cups 300 gr ground Hazelnuts
  • 1 1/3 cup 200 gr Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips, chopped small or ground
  • 2 to 3 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325 ยบ F
  • Butter and Flour a standard sized Bundt Pan... set aside
  • In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar at medium high speed until light and fluffy, around 4 to 5 minutes. Lower the mixing speed, then add the eggs, one at a time. Beat between each one. Scrape down the bowl. Add Vanilla extract, beat in.
  • Combine the flour and baking powder, then, with mixer on low, add to the butter mixture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and continue to beat until the flour is completely mixed in.
  • Either by hand with a spatula, or with a stand mixer on low, add the ground hazelnuts and chocolate. Stir until combined. (Don't miss the pockets of nuts at the bottom, you want to mix it all together evenly).
  • Fill the prepared Bundt pan with the cake batter. It will be a little stiff, this is right. Smooth the top.
  • Bake for 55 to 60 minutes.
  • Check at 55 by sticking a toothpick in, it should come out clean (except for a possible smear of melted chocolate)
  • Remove the cake from the oven and leave to rest on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. This is important, it MUST sit for 10 minutes before inverting, or it will stick)
  • Flip the cake out of the pan, then let cool completely
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar for serving.

Notes

The Nuts- I ground whole Hazelnuts in my food processor. Some of it ended up rather fine, and the rest was still course. This way the cake had texture. You can go finer, but it IS a nut cake, so texture is nice.
Chocolate- In the original recipe, my Oma would take a block of chocolate, and chop it with a knife. I used a food processor and pulsed chocolate chips until they were chopped up. Some of it was fine, there were still small pieces.
This isn't a Chocolate cake, it's a nut cake with chocolate bits in it. You can experiment by adding 2 Tablespoons of cocoa powder and 2 Tablespoons of milk to the batter (when adding the flour) if you want more chocolate. But try it the written way first... it is fairly chocolately.