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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  • 11 August 2009

    mrs Giovanardi commented on this recipe

    'this cake is very yummy 'says charlotte my 11 year old. i should have read the above comments before as some of my nutella sank also! It goes VERY WELL with squirty cream!

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  • 12 August 2009

    Hannah rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I did the nutella blobs smaller after reading everyone elses comments but they still sank, so maybe it would need to be stirred more after adding them. The cake looked great, especially with the chopped nuts on top! :) tasted quite nice too.

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  • 18 August 2009

    Yanna rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lush, lovely, comforting and ultimate treat! Very moreish.... just amazing.

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  • 27 August 2009

    Najarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Decided to have afternoon tea one day and did this - well a version. After reading the problems with the nutella sinking, decided that I didn't have time to bother trying for it to fail. When the cake was cool coated the top with nutella and put nuts on top. Absolutely lovely.

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  • 02 September 2009

    Dionne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I am not keen on cinnamon so excluded it. I used plain wholemeal flour with 3 level teaspoons of baking powder. I also used soft brown sugar and put some pecan nuts on the top. My cake needed the 1 hour cooking time so have no idea how someone cooked it for just 30mins. Very simple very tasty (I used the hazel nut/choclolate spread from Lidls which is exellent and ½ the price). Delicious and very easy to make!

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  • 13 September 2009

    liss92 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    we used pecans instead of hazelnuts as the topping... it was soooo divine, and gone in a matter of minutes!!

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  • 16 September 2009

    jojo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this as cupcakes instead and each one had a nutella surprise inside. My work peeps woofed the lot...im now taking requests!!

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  • 17 September 2009

    Lindsey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I took this cake into work as a treat for the boys and they all really enjoyed it. Nice use of Nutella!!

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    24 September 2009

    Joy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have made this cake tons of times its a total winner, even though my nutella sinks every time no matter now many blob, swirrling etc! Love it!

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    24 September 2009

    Joy commented on this recipe

    I have made this cake tons of times its a total winner, even though my nutella sinks every time no matter now many blob, swirrling etc! Love it!

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  • 12 October 2009

    Spotty Dog rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this cake twice now, very popular both times. Will follow the advice of Chef Megan and make the blobs of chocolate spread smaller next time to stop them sinking to the bottom. A very nice light and moist cake but full of flavour. For real indulgence just top with more chocolate spread !!!!! Delish.

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  • 14 October 2009

    Carolyn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely cake. Did half a teaspoon cinammon and swirled the nutella. The end result was a ripple cake. When ready split in half and added more nutella. Very moist. My two year old daughter loved it. Will surely do again as it so easy and quick to do.

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  • 24 October 2009

    schubun rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this today and wasn't too sure what it would be like, but it is absolutely delicious, the perfect cake for afternoon tea! It is lovely and moist and cooked in an hour. Very easy to make and I doubt it will last longer than a day or two!

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  • 10 November 2009

    LadyBugg rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    it has become my husband's favourite cake ever since he first had a slice. it is definitely a star.

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  • 06 December 2009

    rmellor18 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Gorgeous and really simple to make.

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  • 08 December 2009

    Denz rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    very nice and very easy but the nutella sinks so may be best to put it in small blobs ather than 4 large ones

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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

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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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