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Nutella-Swirl Pound Cake

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Lauren Chattman makes this pound cake especially rich by swirling in the chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella. She recommends serving the cake with coffee ice cream. (Recipe adapted from Cake Keeper Cakes.)

Nutella-Swirl Pound Cake

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Nutella-Swirl Pound Cake

I was SOOOO excited about making this for my niece and nephew and it was a DISASTER! I followed the recipe exactly and it oozed over the edges of the pan and then, once I took it out of the oven, caved in completely. I haven't tasted it yet so maybe it tastes good but it looks like a nightmare. I am also slightly perplexed because, in trying to figure out what went wrong, I've looked at two other pound cake recipes and they both call for 2 cups of flour, not just 1.5. If it's the heaviness of the Nutella that's the problem, might not a denser batter help? If I try this again, I'm going to use a different vanilla pound cake recipe and layer Nutella into that.

Posted by: laurahutch on January 14, 2010

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I followed the recipe to a T using a glass loaf pan. This cake ROCKS! The Nutella layers looked like the picture when the cake was sliced. The cake was sampled by Americans and French from ages 2 to >60. Everyone LOVED it. I made this on a very hot and humid day in Florida. That kind of weather usually affects my baking. I guess this time it was a plus. The pound cake was moist, buttery, and flavorful. The pound cake batter transformed the Nutella into layers of gooey-cakey-deliciousness.

Posted by: nmanchec on January 10, 2010

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This cake sounded delicious, but was a complete failure to make. I followed the instructions, checked the cake with a toothpick (which came out clean) and took the cake out to cool. Weirdly enough, when I tried to transfer the cake to my cooling rack, the whole thing fell apart: the inside was a wet mess! I was so excited to make this, but am so disappointed right now...the batter/cake is cooling so I can toss it :(

Posted by: isparkle25 on December 20, 2009

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