Ferrero Rocher Cake by Patricia Bakersiao

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This cake was so rich. A bit too sweet for me but birthday gal like can liao. 
My Ferrero Rocher Cake:
- 3 layer of hazelnut sponge cake
- 1st layer, nutella swiss buttercream, nutella chocolate ganache, crushed ferrero rocher
- 2nd layer, nutella chocolate ganache
- finally cover with nutella chocolate ganache and top with whole ferrero rocher.

Hazelnut cake

Ingredients
Cake Flour (180g)
Hazelnut Flour (140g)
Salt ½ teaspoon 
Baking Powder 2 teaspoons
Light Brown Sugar (132g)
Large Egg Yolks 6 
Cream of Tar tar 1 tsp 
Large Egg white 6
Granulated Sugar (100g)
Unsalted Butter (112g)
Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons

Instructions
1. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt together, then add to the hazelnut flour and reserve.
2. Meanwhile melt the butter in a double boiler. Add the vanilla extract when butter has cooled.
3. In a the mixer bowl with the whisk attachment whip the egg yolks and brown sugar on high speed until thick, light and fluffy about 5 minutes.
4. In another mixer , place the egg whites and cream of tar tar with the whip attachment and whip on high speed until frothy and gaining volume. Slowly add the granulated sugar in a slow speed and you have achieved a firm peaked meringue.
5. Fold ½ of the meringue into the egg yolk mixture to lighten, and then gently fold the remaining meringue.
6. Gently fold in the dry ingredients in several additions.
7. Make a liaison with the melted butter and 1½ cups of the batter
Next pour this liaison back into the main batter and fold together
8. Pour the batter into 3-7" prepared greased pans
9. Bake in preheated 180° C oven for approximately 25-30 minutes or until the center springs back. then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

Chocolate Nutella Ganache

Bitter sweet chocolate 300g
Heavy cream 150g
Nutella 100g

1. Use double boiler melt the chocolate and heavy cream.
2. once the chocolate melted, add in the nutella and mix well.
3. put in fridge for at least 3hrs to set

simple syrup:
melt sugar with water (3 tbsp sugar w/ 1 tbsp water)

Assemble the cake:

1. lay one cake on the cake board, brush the cake with the syrup. fill in the ganache.
2. do the same for the 2nd layer.
3. 3rd layer also brush with the syrup. then cover the entire cake with the ganache.
4. decor as u like