I made a Yellow Cake, with Vanilla Pudding. The filling is a nutella mousse (whip cream and nutella) and then it is covered with a chocolate Ganache, topped with chopped Hazelnuts.
I will give my cake "recipe" in another post- cause I want to go into that a little more.
But here is the Ganache recipe
Ganache:
4 ounces whole hazelnuts
1/2 cup half and half
1 tablespoon rum (I used rum flavoring)
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
Toast the hazelnuts in a dry skillet, or toaster oven shaking them around frequently. Do it for about 4 minutes, or until they are lightly browned, then let cool completely. If hazelnuts came with skins on, put them in a towel after toasting and rub around; this will remove most of the skins.
Chop chocolate, and add to sauce pan with half and half and rum over medium-low heat. Once chocolate is melted and components are combined, whisk until mixture reaches desired thickness, then cool. Remove rim of cake pan and pour cooled ganache over, spreading lightly to create a smooth, shiny surface, and apply hazelnuts all over.
For the Filling, I did a crumb coat layer of Nutella, then the mousse layer.
The mousse is 2 cups of heavy whipping cream, and 1/2 to 3/4 cup of nutella (depending on how much you want the flavor of the nutella to come out.) First, you whip the cream till it is stiff, then you gently fold in the nutella. When it is done it should be a mocha color.
This is the first layer with nutella and mousse filling
All the Layers together before the crumb coat of nutella on the outside
Put all the layers together, then cover with the chocolate Ganache and toasted hazelnuts. I Drizzled a little extra ganache on top for a little decoration.
The Finished Project
This inside of the finished project
