Ferrero Roche cake (draft)

 Merinage

2 egg whites

75g caster sugar

32g ground hazelnuts

hazelnut cream wafers (e.g. knoppers) chopped

bag powder

parchment paper

140C 40 mins

do a shape to match the cake shape as it's the 3rd layer. do some little hershey cake like shapes for decoration

Choc sponge

3 eggs

225g butter milk

225 ml cold coffee

195g oil

325g plain flour

60g cocoa powder

1tsp bicarb

1/2 txp salt

345g caster sugar

whisk wet ingredients

sift dry ingredients

whisk

BUTTERCREAM

hazelnut 1/2 ?? essense?

280g sof unsalted butter - whip till pale

500g icing sugar - add in batches

1.5 tbs halzenut paste, e.g. nutella

1-3 tablespoon milk

pince of salt

GANECHE 1

200g 50% choc

100g unsalted butter

100g double cream

met choc and butter together, take off heat.

add double cream

GANECHE 2

80g choc

60g double cream

met choc take off heat.

add double cream

DECORATE

2 chopped roasted hazelnuts

top and bottom layer is cake

middle layer is meranuge

use buttercream in between.

top with ganache, covered hazlenuts, meranuge kisses

Combination of a few cake recipies online, a key source is Cupcake Jemma.