Sugar Free Chocolate Hazelnut Mini Cake

I got so excited when I saw that today is National Hazelnut Cake Day, I saw that pop up on my calendar I just had to Make this Sugar Free Chocolate Hazelnut Mini Cake! Before beginning my Trim Healthy Journey I loved Nuttella… like eat it from the jar on a spoon loved... (yeah not good for me AT all!! ever)

I remembered pinning a recipe for Sugar Free Hazel Nut Spread from All Day I Dream About Food… you can find that recipe here… and of course I had to make it first.

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I really didn’t want a big cake, because Rick won’t eat Hazelnut anything… (He needs help, seriously) So out came 2 of the Mini Tasty Fill cake pans from Wilton and the new THM Baking Blend.

I love these little cake pans, it makes a layer cake that is fill-able and it’s just the right size for 3-4 servings. the recipe for Sugar Free Chocolate Hazelnut Mini Cake will make about 4 regular size cupcakes if that’s how you want to do it.

 I filled the layers with sweetened chocolate Greek yogurt and frosted them with a simple butter cream using spectrum brand palm shortening, butter and sweetener.

I had someone as about the mini cake stand that is pictured. I found it at Micheal’s Craft Stores earlier in the spring, it fits a 6″ cake to give you an idea of the actual size.

This one is similar in size

Sugar Free Chocolate Hazelnut Mini Cake

 

Author: Judy

Nutrition Information

• Serves: 1

• Serving size: 4
• Calories: 405

• Fat: 38g
• Saturated fat: 17g
• Unsaturated fat: 19g
• Trans fat: 2g
• Carbohydrates: 12g
• Sugar: 9g
• Sodium: 357mg
• Fiber: 1g
• Protein: 5g
• Cholesterol: 149mg

Prep time:  20 mins

Cook time:  20 mins

Total time:  40 mins

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A fun filled chocolate hazelnut mini cake with nuances of "Nuttella" that is sugar free and gluten free.

Ingredients

For the Cake

• 2 Eggs
• 2 TBS butter or coconut oil
• ½ tsp hazelnut extract
• 2 TBS Sweetener (I used Pyure Organic Stevia, All Purpose Sweetener, if using THM Sweet Blend only use 1 TBS)
• 4 TBS THM Baking Blend
• 2 TBS Cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Dark)
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 2-4 TBS Almond Milk (use only enough to reach cake batter consistency)
• 2 TBS chopped Hazelnuts

For the Frosting

• 4 TBS Palm Shortening ( I use Spectrum Brand)
• 4 TBS Butter, Softened
• 2 TBS Heavy Whipping Cream
• 2 TBS Sweetener, ground in a coffee grinder
• 1 tsp vanilla or hazelnut extract

Instructions

For the Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350^
2. Cream butter, sweetener, hazelnut extract and eggs.
3. Add THM Baking Blend, cocoa powder and baking soda, mix well to combine.
4. Add almond milk 1 TBS at a time until desired consistency, stir in hazelnuts.
5. Pour into well greased pans and bake for 20 minutes.

For the Frosting

1. Process sweetener in coffee/spice grinder until finely powdered.
2. Place palm shortening, butter and extract into a small bowl and beat to combine.
3. Add sweetener to shortening mixture while slowly beating to combine, then increase mixer speed to incorporate fully.
4. Frost cake.
5. Melt 3 TBS Sugar Free Hazelnut Spread with 2 TBS coconut oil and drizzle over frosted cake.

Notes

2 TBS almond flour, 2 TBS coconut flour and 1 tsp of gelatin.
The consistency may be slightly different when using this substitution.

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