That calls for a celebration , right ?
No? Well, I didn’t hear you then.
I m the kind of person who is always looking for an excuse to celebrate. And keeping this space alive for 100 posts is not only an excuse… its a valid reason. Right?
No? Then you want to probably skip the next paragraph (aka mini emo speech)!
Baking was a year old hobby when I started this blog. I have loved sharing my hits and misses in my kitchen , connecting with so many of you and growing as a baker in the process. The appreciation and feedback has always been heart warming , at times overwhelming.And when someone tries a recipe and it comes out well … you can be assured I am doing the happy dance !
Well..the celebration cake is chocolate (No surprises there!) . Moist and super duper delicious Devil’s food cake filled and frosted with a luscious and rich Nutella dark chocolate ganache . I initially planned to add toasted hazelnuts in between the cake layers but I couldn’t find them anywhere nearby when the idea of this cake hit. So I crushed up some Ferrero Rochers and mixed them right into the filling . My “juggad ” was the best thing ever. It gave that crunch and that textural contrast in each bite.
This is a 5 inch cake with four layers of that stupendous cake . I divided the batter and baked it in 4 layers. But usually I bake it in an 8 inch round cake pan and it gives me a tall enough cake to split into three! I have given directions for the 8 inch cake as I figured more people would want to bake it that way. If you are doing it that way , you may need to use one and a half times the amount of the ganache .
This is an experiment in decadence. I will go so far to say that its probably one of the best chocolate cakes I have made so far. The ganache with the chopped up Rochers is insanely good. If you ever eat Nutella by the spoonful from the jar , you should probably have someone watch over you while making the cake ! To prevent Nutella OD!
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Devil's food cake
Ingredients
- 45 grams or 1/2 cups cocoa
- 120 ml or 1/2 cup water boiling
- 125 grams or 1 cup all purpose flour
- 150 grams or 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg , at room temperature
- 1/2 cup yoghurt , at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup or 60 ml oil
For the Nutella ganache
- 160 grams or 3/4 cup nutella
- 80 grams dark chocolate
- 200 ml cream (I used Amul)
- 5-6 Ferrero Rochers
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 C/ 350 F. Grease an 8 inch or 7 inch pan with butter, dust with flour and line the bottom with parchment.
- Mix the cocoa with the boiling water well. Rest until its at room temperature.
- Stir or whisk together the flour, sugar , baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Whisk in the cooled cocoa mixture and the egg .
- Add the yoghurt, vanilla and oil. Whisk well until smooth.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 350 F/ 180 C for 42-45 minutes for an 8 inch pan and 45-50 minutes for a 7 inch pan. The cake is done when the top springs back when pressed and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 5 minutes and then unmould , rest on a wire rack until completely cool.
For the Nutella dark chocolate ganache
- Chop up the chocolate and add the Nutella in a mixing bowl.
- Heat the cream on the stove top or in microwave until bubbles appear around the sides. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and Nutella , let stand for 2 minutes.
- Stir until all the chocolate is melted and the nutella, chocolate and cream are well blended. Let rest at room temperature for 4 - 6 hours or until thick set.
- Divide the ganache into two- one for filling and one for frosting. Whip the filling for few minutes if you want it lighter. Crush the Ferrero Rochers and fold into the filling.
For the assembly
- Slice cool cake into desired number of layers. Chill the cake (and then the layers) to make it easier. Place one layer on a cake board or plate. Spread on about half a cup of the filling ganache (with the crushed Rochers) . Place second layer on top and continue filling and layering all layers .
- Chill for about 20 minutes. Use the frosting ganache to cover sides and top . Decorate as desired. Keep the assembled cake in the refrigerator. Remove half hour before serving.
Notes
- Cake can be stored in an airtight container for 3-5 days or frozen for 2 months.
- Same amount of batter can be used by dividing into four 5 inch round pans ( baking each for 15-16 mins) , two 7 inch pans (baking each for 30-35 mins ) or one 9 inch round pan ( baking for 30-35 mins).
- The recipe can be doubled.
- You can omit the chocolate and make it a purely Nutella ganache . But it was too thin to use for frosting (could pour on as a glaze) and was too sweet for my taste
- Depending on how hot it is , and your chosen style of frosting , you might need to add some more melted chocolate to the frosting portion of the ganache to thicken it .
Hi Akshata…my doubt is the same as above except that I will be making a single 8 inch cake..so the quantity of ganache will b sufficient as u have mentioned right
Yes Anita… It will be enough. If you want a thick outer frosting layer or want to pipe, you can make 1.5 times the amount…
Hi Akansha…. i love your fool proof recipes… My cake is in the oven. I am baking it in two 8 inch pans and going to make it a two layer but cake. Would the quantity of ganache in the recipe be sufficient to frost the cake? Please help as it’s for my son’s birthday for tomorrow and he loves chocolate cakes and ferrero rochers. Thank you. Love your recipes :)))
Oops…looks like I am seeing this message too late.. so sorry ! Hope the cake turned out well and your son had a good birthday….
Can we use curt instead of yOGurt
Yes you can Sarankeerthi !
Thanku ☺️
wonderful recipe….made it for my daughter’s birthday. she was mad at it.it tastes brilliant and is so easy to make.it tastes better than the market cakes.with your recipe i have got the tag of master baker by my family.thank u so much and keep sharing more of such wonderful n easy recipes.
Great Parul !! to be tagged Master Baker is awesome ! Glad you all liked the cake so much…. belated wishes to your daughter!
I always wanted to buy a Ferrero Rocher cake, but they never make a cake with Ferrero as an ingredient, they only use it for decoration, but when I found this post, I was head over heels and with Nutella, two things to die for, so I decided to make this cake for my friends birthday, this is my second cake bake, the first one being your very own chocolate cake. I think the cake looked awesome, tonight my friend will cut the cake and I will let you know, how it tasted, I baked two layers and planned to cut it two make four, but the cake was so moist and soft, I was afraid to cut it, so I made the cake with just two layers. It looks yummy. Thank you so much for the recipe. I have posted a picture of it in you Facebook post.
Thank you so much Krithika for taking the time out to leave your thoughts here! I am so glad you gave the cake a try.. Thanks a ton for sharing … really hope your friend likes it too!
Plz tl me sutitle of yogort….i dont like it…plzzz..
You can use an equal quantity of buttermilk instead Loz… I can’t think of any other substitute. In case its the taste of yoghurt you don’t like, you can’t taste it in the final cake !!
Hi can u tell me how long should I bake in a 6 inch pan ?
I have only one pan how should I store the remaining batter until the cake gets baked?
Can I use parchment paper as a lining while baking this cake?
Thanks in advance
Hi Vaishnavi… If u have a tall 6 inch pan, you can bake the whole batter in one pan. Bake at 160 c and start checking at 40 minutes. If your pan isnt as tall , u can save the remaining batter at room temperature if you plan to bake immediately after the first cake ( within 30 to 40 mins ) . This is what i suggest u do. In case u want to wait for more than an hour, refrigerate and bring to room temperature before baking. There might be some difference in height and texture. Nothing major. And yes, you can use parchment.. Do let me know how the cake comes out ! Happy baking !
Hi! I am loving your blog and currently obsessed! I love that you give it in metric measurements for us 🙂
For the measurement of yogurt, do you have a metric measurement for it? Thank you and I look forward to trying this recipe!
Hi Irsyad !sorry for the late reply . Had some issues with the site ! Thanks for the superset words… One cup yoghurt would be around 240 grams 🙂
First time i want to make this cake for sphere cake n carving.need ur suggestions. Is it sturdy enough to curve?
Hi Sangita …. if you chill the cake well , you can carve it 🙂
Thank you so much☺☺☺ .
Hi shouldn’t the granulated sugar be powdered for using in the cake. Pl advise.
Hi Usha… i use regular granulated sugar for most of my bakes. In this cake too, granulated sugar or castor sugar should be used , not icing sugar 🙂
Thank you so much
Hii..i had tried tour red velvet cale it turnd out super yummy..cant wait to try this one..can u tell how can i make the eggless version of this cake? Wht can be substituted with eggs and what quantity??
Hi Utsavi… I have an eggless version of red velvet cupcakes on the blog already… You can bake that as a cake too. Happy baking !
Hi I tried the cake but it turned out very dry. When I mixed water and cocoa it turned into a thick paste nowhere like in the picture posted by you . I baked in a 7 inch pan for 40 mins.
Don’t know where I went wrong.
Sorry to know that Tanushree ! I have tried this many many times n swear by the formula. The batter consistency may vary a bit. It could be that the oven was too hot ? If u happen to try it again, try baking at 160 for 35 mins and keep checking … hope u do give it another go as it does come out nice and moist ☺
Thank you, will definitely try and let you know. Just to confirm it’s 1/2 cup water to 1/2 cup cocoa. Can a particular brand of cocoa make it dry coz i feel there was something about cocoa which made the cake dry. It was the first time I used Dutch processed cocoa.
Yes.. those are the amounts…The brand of cocoa could matter but I have tried this with both Dutch process n unsweetened and both work ☺
After going through your blog, I don’t know what I love more! – your style of writing and describing food or the delicious food itself!! I’m planning to try this cake tomorrow. It looks simply chocoliscious!!
Thank you so so much for your sweet words Steffi !!! Do let me know if you make this ! Happy baking !
Lovely recipe…wanna try it.. But Can I half the recipe for a smaller cake???
Hey Prabha… Yes you can halve the recipe ! Happy baking!
What a lovely blog. I will surely be back. Please maintain writing!
Hi. Uv mentioned salt when mixing the dry ingredients. What’s the quantity? (Not in your list of ingredients). Thanks
Hey Sumaiya… its a quarter teaspoon salt!
Hi Akshatha..tried this recipe for my husband’s birthday and it came out so well! Thank you so much 🙂 So in love with your blog..can’t wait to try out the other recipes 🙂
hey Meghna ..thank you so much for trying the recipe and that too for your special occasion!Glad it come out well! Do try more and let me know… Happy baking !
I think you missed out the quantity of oil in the ingredients list!!
Yes … i have ! Must have happened when i moved my blog from one host to another recently… thanks loads for pointing it out..!
Hi…You whisk the dry ingredients together , then add the cocoa to that . Then the rest of the wet ingredients . Hope its clearer. Do share if you try the recipe… Happy baking!
Hi…. just a clarification. Do you add the dry ingredients after adding the yogurt , oil etc ?
Thanks Anuradha !!! If you try , please let me know how the bakes come out! Keep visiting and happy baking !
Just visited your blog. It looks so good . Can’t wait to try your recipes.
Thank you so much…i didn’t use simple syrup in this cake because cake was so moist… but its ur choice. you could use 1 part sugar to 4 parts water as the nutella ganache is quite sweet! Thanks for trying…keep visiting!
Hi thanks for a lovely recipe…it came out really well! Just a thought…do we need to soak the cake layers in simple syrup before covering in ganache? TIA
thanks Sneha !! Do share if you try !
Outstanding waiting to try it
Thank you Sarita… there is an egg in the cake. To be added in along with the cocoa mixture. I think I put in a picture of that step after mixing. Do try it and share the results !!!
Your recipe sounds super and I can’t wait to try it….thank you so much for sharing. There’s an egg in the recipe? Or is it a mistake, because you didn’t put one in the ingredients…please tell me. I am waiting to get started. Will update you with pictures once I manage to do it.
Thanks Priti… You can use 3/4 cup yoghurt (in total) and increase the baking soda to 1 tsp. There s a slight difference in texture but the cake s still very good! If you try it , let me know!
Thank u so much Tina…. the faith means a lot!!!
Love all your recipes. Tried a few with confidence as its your and it can’t go wront.
Love all your recipes. Try a few with confidence as its your and it can’t go wront.
Awesome. Would love to bake this…can u suggest me egg substitute for this cake?