Cinnamon Nutella cake

Cinnamon Nutella cake

Cakes like these are wonderfully therapeutic to make - chuck the lot into a bowl, and give it a quick beat and it's ready to bake. Simple enough for a complete beginner

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into about 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr - 1 hr 10 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C. Butter and line the base of a 20cm round cake tin.
  2. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and milk into a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes, or with an electric hand mixer for 1-2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
  3. Tip three quarters of the mixture into the tin, spread it level, then spoon the Nutella on in four blobs. Top with the remaining mixture, swirl a few times with a skewer, then smooth to cover the Nutella.
  4. Sprinkle with the nuts. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen, nicely browned, feels firm to touch and springs back when lightly pressed (cover with foil if it starts to brown too quickly). Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out, peel off the paper and cool on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in double thick foil to keep fresh for up to a week.

Per slice

320 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 1g, sugar 20g, salt 0.63 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2003.

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  • 16 February 2012

    shirley1265 commented on this recipe

    Made for a coffee morning but sustituted the nutella for Dulce de Leche which made for a really yummy toffee, cinnamon cake. It was a real hit with everyone.

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  • 19 February 2012

    Rceo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Perfect! I've lost count of the times I've baked this for my family, and it's still requested every week. Simple to make and has such a light, fluffy texture.

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  • 07 March 2012

    Ejt1 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was my first attempt and I decided to make them into muffin cakes instead, I didn't have hazelnuts so I used raisins instead and instead of putting the 4 teaspoons of nutella toward the end I mixed it with the rest of the ingredients. It was very tasty, but next time I think I'll put them in at the end, as can't really taste. Overall a great recipe!

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  • 18 March 2012

    foxyhotsy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy, simple and INCREDIBLY tasty!

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  • 23 March 2012

    amb204 commented on this recipe

    anyone used this as a dessert with some vanilla ice-cream or creme fraiche? I'm thinking of doing it tonight!!

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  • 06 April 2012

    Jel81 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The fantastic cake has a great flavour, a particular favourite!!

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  • 11 April 2012

    MarinaQuinn rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really nice cake! But the cooking time should definitely be less than 1 hour 10 mins. I baked it for 50 mins and the bottom part still burned :-( But otherwise great, easy and tasty recipe. I added two bananas to it and iced it with vanilla butter cream mixed up with Nutella and omitted the hazelnuts.

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  • 25 April 2012

    jolly rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This cake is simple to make and tastes fabulous. Perfect with a cup of tea. It has become my husbands favourite and it freezes well.

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  • 07 May 2012

    merretta commented on this recipe

    Still getting requests fro making this cake, everyone loves it. It's a winner

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  • 07 May 2012

    Amanda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make and tasted great

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  • 20 May 2012

    MattJam rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I'm not much of a cake person but this was very satisfying considering how easy it was to make. As suggested I added the nutella in small amounts, so I didn't encounter much of a sinking issue. As you'd expect, generosity with the nutella makes this cake, however only 3 stars because I personally prefer cakes with icing- I just can't be bothered icing them! All in all, very easy and satisfying.

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  • 15 July 2012

    fleur rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely gorgeous cake, especially with a big blob of extra thick double cream, made this cake for after sunday roast, big hit with all the family!

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  • 21 July 2012

    Food Goddess rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Family's new favourite this is so yummy. Very easy to make and eat.

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  • 23 July 2012

    RMark rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Was delicious and a nice light sponge. I used the tip of putting smaller lumps of nutella and it stopped most of them from sinking to the bottom although I think I could of done with doing maybe 2 layers of nutella drops as some of the cake tasted a bit dry (or maybe I just love chocolate a bit too much and always want more!) The hazelnuts add a lovely texture to the topping. Think I might try it again but adding hazelnuts in to the sponge mixture aswell. Would recommend this recipe.

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  • 31 July 2012

    Victoria rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Taste of cake is great, i didn't use all the milk and made mine in cupcake cases, the kids and hubby loved them!

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  • 14 August 2012

    Maggie's Goo commented on this recipe

    Lovely cake and so easy. I put demerara sugar as the topping. Goes down a storm with my friends. I like cakes that are not boring if they are not iced!

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  • 23 August 2012

    Pearl commented on this recipe

    It's amazing and tastes absolutely delicious!! Very easy to make (as a beginner) :)

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  • 29 August 2012

    Melanie-Webb commented on this recipe

    I made this cake in little loaf tins and they looked and tasted fab. Very easy to make and loved by everyone.

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  • 10 September 2012

    NptKelly rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 04 October 2012

    emmyd89 commented on this recipe

    Followed the suggestions of smaller blobs of nutella and swirl a lot so the blobs dont sink. This worked. Also only cooked for 45 mins as the cake was cooked at this point. Wouldn't want a dry over cooked cake. Overall a bit dissapointed though. The cinnamon is too strong (and i LIKE cinnamon) and the cake doesn't taste of nutella. Wouldnt bother cooking it again

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into about 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 - 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr - 1 hr 10 mins

Freezable

All-in-one mix

Ingredients

  • 175g softened butter
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 4 rounded tbsp Nutella or own-brand chocolate hazelnut spread
  • 50g hazelnuts , roughly chopped
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Per slice

320 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 1g, sugar 20g, salt 0.63 g

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