Recipe-Mouthwatering Mango Nutella Cake

Nutella and Mango.

Can there ever be 2 more delicious things?

Mango is my husband’s favorite fruit and I love nutella. So I thought of combining these flavors in a cake and it resulted in a soft, moist cake with the delicious nutella melting into the mouth. Yummm!

Mangoes are easily available these days since it’s summer time and what better way to use them than in a cake! I used fresh mango puree in the cake, you can of course use the canned mango puree that you get at the Indian stores. However I do recommend using fresh mangoes, it elevates the taste to an altogether different level.

Ingredients

All purpose flour: 1.25 cup
Sugar: 3/4 cup
Salt: 1/8 tsp
Baking Powder: 1 tsp
Oil: 2/3 cup [I used canola oil]
Mango Puree: 3/4 cup
Eggs: 2
Vanilla: 1 tsp
Nutella: 8-10 tbsp

Method

* Take all purpose flour in a mixing bowl and add salt and baking powder to it.

* Sift the mixture using a sifter, you can sift twice so that all the dry ingredients mix well together. Set the bowl aside.

* Break eggs in a separate bowl and whisk them up. Whisk one egg properly before adding another. Set aside.

* Now we need to puree the mango, peel a fresh mango and cut it into small pieces. Make a puree of the mango pieces using a blender.

* Next take oil in another mixing bowl and slowly add sugar to it. Mix using a blender till the oil and sugar come to a smooth consistency. This will take 2-3 minutes. Next add in the vanilla and the beaten eggs and mix well.

* Add in the mango puree now and mix well. We now need to add in the flour mix.

* Add slowly, do not dump the entire flour in one go. Beat well, you cake batter is now ready. We now need to set the pan for baking.

* Grease the pan with oil. Now pour 1/3rd of the batter in the pan, it will be a thin layer but do not worry about it. The end result will come out just fine.

* Next put in the nutella, you can use an ice cream scoop to pour in the nutella. I used around 4 tsbp of nutella in one layer but if you want more of it, go ahead.

* Again pour 1/3rd of the batter over this nutella.

* The next layer will again be of nutella and finally pour the remaining cake batter at the top.

* So we made 5 layers in all. Now you can take a knife and swirl it around so that when you cut the slices they look all pretty See my creativity with the knife! [ I know it looks like a mess] Moving on.

* The cake in now ready to go into the oven for baking. Bake the cake at 350 F [oven needs to be pre-heated at 350 F] for 40-45 minutes or till a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Little nutella sticking to the tooth pick is fine.

* Once the cake is done, let it cool completely on a cooling wire rack. Do not try to cut it before it has cooled down.

* Cut into slices and store. See the beautiful nutella running in between the cake?

* The cake can be stored in an air-tight container and will remain good for 5-6 days.