Hazelnut Cake with Soft Cream Cheese Frosting

Cook Time 1 hour plus cooling

Servings 8

Ingredients

3 eggs

60ml milk

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Zest of one orange

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp sea salt flakes

300g hazelnut meal

280g caster sugar

Icing

350g cream cheese

60g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Orange zest to serve

Method

Preheat oven to 170°c.

Place eggs, milk, vanilla, orange zest, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Combine well. Add hazelnut meal and sugar and combine again. Pour batter into a lined loaf tin. Bake for 45-50 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the tin before turning out onto a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.

While the cake is cooling, place cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl and mix with electric beaters until soft and combined.

Once the cake is cooled, place cake onto a plate or cake stand and top with cream cheese icing and some extra freshly grated orange zest.