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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  • 27 May 2008

    Joanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    OH WOW! I'm not the world's best "baker", but gave this a try at the weekend. It is SO easy and honestly tastes divine....! It is like a cake you would buy in Starbucks!

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  • 10 June 2008

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very good and very easy, I too found the blobs of nutella sank so will try the tips to make them smaller and swirl more next time.

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    17 July 2008

    Agi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely perfect!So crunchy on top. One of the best!

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  • 25 August 2008

    fiona commented on this recipe

    this was a good cake and went down very well, though like others found it needed a lot less cooking time. I also agree that you need to make the blobs of chocolate spread very small, though when they sink to the bottom it also tastes good. I added a layer of hazel nuts in the middle and that was really good and swirleed some choc spread in the top of the cake so it was really chocolatly!

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  • 06 September 2008

    Mary rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I should have read the previous comments before making. I found the nutella very hard to swirl - and, as previous comments say, the blobs fell to the bottom. Still had lots of good comments from colleagues though.

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  • 14 September 2008

    Angie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was so easy to make, and cooked perfectly. Tastes even better a couple of days later as it seems to get moister. My kids said it was one of their most favorite foods (Nutella on a spoon being THE most fave!)

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  • 26 September 2008

    GoodKevin_G commented on this recipe

    Really delicious and so easy to make! My flatmates loved it!

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  • 01 October 2008

    SHAZSULL rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yum yum never lasts long in our house easy to make smells lovely

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  • 02 October 2008

    Alex Phoenix rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very tasty! Made it for my friends, intended to keep a piece for my husband but it disapeared without a trace!!!

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  • 11 October 2008

    Elena rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    YUM! So easy to bake... would add extra cinnamon next time

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  • 18 October 2008

    GoodKevin_G commented on this recipe

    I bake for my friends regularly and they all say this one is their favourite! It's delicious and very moreish, though I dread to think what the fat content is!!

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  • 11 November 2008

    jac&john commented on this recipe

    I love making this cake, the only problem is trying to stop the children eating all the nutella first ! I even make it as a muffin so that everyone gets a fair share. My children love them in their packed lunches.

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  • 26 November 2008

    bettyboop50 commented on this recipe

    Really good recipe, and so easy to make. Tastes delicious!!

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  • 09 December 2008

    deblet commented on this recipe

    After reading all the other comments, I feel as though I made a totally different cake to everyone else. I followed the recepe to the letter, although I found that it was cooked within 45 minutes and it fell apart when it came out of the tin. I found this cake vey dry and pretty tasteless.

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  • 18 December 2008

    Summer rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this over the weekend and everyone loved it with the exception of my brother but that's OK, he hates nuts!! Very easy to make and yummy too. Only complaint may be that it was a little dry, might try add another egg next time - I used medium sized but this recipe may have called for large sized eggs.

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  • 22 December 2008

    runnyeyes rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Brilliant. Will swirl more to see if nutella won't sink..but fantastic anyway

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    02 January 2009

    FHM commented on this recipe

    Gorgeous! Really easy, I made 2 this Christmas and it was lovely with a nice cup of coffee. I added some almond essence to give a nice rich flavour and topped with double cream. Just what the doc ordered!

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    02 January 2009

    FHM rated this recipe

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  • 22 January 2009

    Lowkesa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've baked this a couple of times and always turns out perfect. I tried it with 15g less of self raising, so the butter, flour and sugar were in equal quantities and it came out slightly more moist and dense. I'll make it like that from now on. Excellent!

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  • 06 February 2009

    lianne commented on this recipe

    i must make this once a week at least! I ADORE this cake- it seems to last for ever as well! dont change a thing

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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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