Dark Chocolate Ferero Rocher Birthday Cake for Cheaters

I threw a dinner party for my mom and sis last month and this is the cake I made for them. I made 24 cupcakes and a 6 inch mini cake to go on the stand. The cupcakes were for the guests and the mini cake was for mommy and sissy poo. I was doing so many things for the get together so I didn't have enough time to whip up a cake from scratch but thanks to the store bought cake in a box,life was made simpler. Here is what I did.

CUPCAKES:

• Line cupcake pan with gold cupcake liners


• Mix cake according to directions on box (I used a dark chocolate cake mix)


• Pour batter into cupcake liners and bake according to directions


• Remove cakes from oven and pop out of cupcake pan


• Place on baking rack to cool


• When cool use a small plastic knife to cone out the center of the cupcake. Keep cake pieces that were coned out


• Fill a pastry bag with Nutella or if you dont have a pastry bag like I did; roll off some plastic wrap, spoon Nutella in the center, bring corners of wrap together to form a bag-like case, pierce a small hole (the diameter of your pinky) and proceed to fill the centers of the cupcakes.


• Replace scooped out pieces of cake to center, pressing them lightly into the Nutella


• Spread ganache over top of cupcakes and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts

Ganache Recipe:

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6 inch cake:

• Mix half of another box of cakemix for the 6" pan (I halved all the ingredients required)


• Pour 3/4 ways up into 6" cake pan and bake until toothpick comes out of center clean


• Remove from oven, take out of pan and leave to cool


• Once fully cool, be very careful slice off the rounded top off the cake if any and proceed to cut the cake into two pieces for layering


• Spread Nutella inbetween layers of cake


• Frost with ganache


• Place unwrapped Ferrero Rocher chocolates on top of cake

Assemble cupcakes and cakes on cake stand as seen in picture , add some candles and sing Happy Birthday!

Click here to get instructions for DIY Cake Stand