Decadent Nutella Custard Cake

Submitted by chocolatechef007

"If you love the rich taste of nutella, and you love cookies, you will love this cake. Its elaborate but if you love baking and you love nutella its definitely well worth it!"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 large cake
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• Cake base

• 6 egg whites
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• Custard

• 6 egg yolks
• 3 eggs
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 (8 g) packages vanilla sugar
• 400 g nutella
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 cup butter

• Topping

• 500 ml whipping cream

• Additional ingredients

• 200 g graham crackers (approximately 1/2 box)
• 1⁄2 cup milk

directions

1. Cake base.
2. Preheat oven to 300 F
3. Whip egg whites using a mixer until they are firm.
4. Add sugar slowly.
5. When egg whites and sugar are well blended add lemon juice.
6. Transfer the mixture onto parchment paper placed inside a baking pan.
7. Let the cake bake at 250 F for 1hour.
8. After its done let it cool for 15-20 minutes.
9. Custard.
10. Place one large pot filled with water half way on the stove to boil.
11. Place jars of nutella into hot water so it softens while you prepare the custard
12. While you wait for the water to boil mix the egg yolks, eggs, flour, sugar, and 2 tablespoons of milk. Mix it in a pot that can fit inside the larger pot with boiling water. If you have a double boiler that's perfect!
13. When the water starts boiling reduce it to a simmer and place the pot with the mixed ingredients on top of the pot with boiling water.
14. Slowly add the rest of the milk.
15. Cook until the mixture thickens. Stir continuously to avoid burning and/or scrambled eggs!
16. Remove from heat and let cool.
17. When the custard is luke warm add previously whipped butter.
18. Add 3 vanilla sugars into 1/3 of the custard (white custard).
19. Add softened nutella into the remaining 2/3 of the custard (chocolate custard).
20. Whip the whipping cream.
21. Layer the cake.
22. Cake base.
23. White custard mixture.
24. Graham crackers briefly dipped into milk.
25. Chocolate custard mixture.
26. Whipped cream.
27. Optional: crush some of the graham crackers and spread the crumbs on top of the whipped topping.