hazelnut

Rich, dense, chocolate hazelnut cupcakes, topped with nutella frosting, chocolate drizzle, and crushed nuts.

Hazelnuts milk chocolate cake with hazelnut icing.

A take on Johnny Iuzzini's Chocolate Phyllo tart with flambéed bananas and hazelnut caramel sauce.

Big hazelnut french macarons with gianduja chantilly - unforgettable!!

Another one of my finds during my quest for used cookbooks at antique malls over the weekend was Baking-Easy to make great home bakes. A 2001 publication. Again, antique? I think not! Skimming quickly through it yesterday in search of something fruity for the sunshine we have going on here today in Missouri. I found a Raspberry-Hazelnut Meringue Cake recipe that I just had to try. 7 ingredients total! I love a short ingredient list!

At Piece of Cake, we have this -obsession- with chocolate and hazelnuts. So for my mom's birthday, of course she wanted a Gianduja cake - chocolate and hazelnuts melded into one giant pastry. Although the recipe comes from my much loved cookbook, "Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes", it didn't live up to my expectations. But that means that the perfect chocolate hazelnut cake recipe is still waiting for me somewhere...

Rich, shortbread-like cookies with a chocolate center. And with no refined sugar and a gluten-free option, these vegan cookies will delight everyone!

A vegan hazelnut/chocolate spread (faux Nutella) swirled into yellow cupcakes and topped with hazelnut frosting.

These little gooey melt-in-your-mouth mini bites are ready for snacking in minutes! We doubt you can eat just one. Our sincere apologies.   

Recipe: Nutella Brownies

Lynn dreamt-up these rich little chocolate shortbread cookies filled with Nutella - a "cookie truffle" if you will. She then made her dreams come true and these awesome little festive cookies were born!

Recipe: Chocolate Nutella Bites