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Nutella Pound Cake Recipe

I recently met Paula from Bell’alimento who mentioned that she had a blog all about using Nutella. So I had to go visit her site when I was having a Nutella breakfast party with other moms for lots of recipe ideas. From one site to another I found something, one of the recipes I found that I set my heart on trying to make was the Nutella Pound Cake Recipe. My only issue with the recipe was that I used the wrong type of pan and a lot of the mixture fell out into the oven and it was a big stinking smoking mess, oh it’s always an adventure of some kind when I’m cooking in the kitchen. Anyways the recipe is originally by Deborah Mele and I wanted to share it with you all here with any changes I may have made as I was cooking it.

Nutella Pound Cake Recipe:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
3 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract (an extra teaspoon than the original recipe)
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Sticks Butter (softened)
1 1/4 Cups sugar
3/4 cup Nutella (1/4 more than what the original recipe called)
3 heaping Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Lightly grease a 9 x 5 pan.
Combine the butter and sugar until fluffy in a mixer. Then add the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla.
Mix together all of the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt) Then combine it with the egg mixture.
Remove 1/3 of the mixture and add the cocoa and the nutella.
Pour half of the remaining mixture into your pan, then place the nutella mixture into your pan, then top with the remaining mixture. You can swirl it all together as much or as little as you like. I prefer less.

Bake the cake for about an hour or until the knife comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes then remove from the pan.

It’s a really great recipe and everyone who tried it really seemed to like it. I suggest for best results eat with a spoonful of nutella.

Creative Ideas with Nutella, Breakfast Should Be Fun

Being in a MOMS Club with over 50 members has quite a few advantages, and one thing I’ve learned is that Word of Mouth marketing works. If you can get a mom to buy or use your product and LOVE it, they will share it with everyone they know and whenever I have a house party, we talk about all kinds of things.

One of the topics of our recent house party was Nutella. Out of all the people I talked to about Nutella I only met one person that doesn’t like it, and I think it’s because he isn’t fond of Hazelnuts but everyone else I know LOVES Nutella. Me, I remember the first time I tried it. I was in college, can you believe, I never had Nutella until college? Well, I found that it was delicious, and the guys in the dorms, not only did they eat Nutella but they would often be known to combine Nutella with some stuff called Fluff.

My husband was looking at the nutritional information and Nutella is just as healthy as peanut butter and is quick and easy to use. It’s even great in recipes. My friend just made these Outside-In Strawberry Dippers and I made Nutella Pound cake (I’ll share the recipe soon) for our house party, and it was a big hit.

The theme of the Nutella Party was supposed to be all about breakfast. It’s quite important to start out your day and your kids’ day with breakfast. Eating breakfast has been linked to positivly benefiting cognitive functions related to memory, academic performance and school attendance. Skipping breakfast seems to cause increased snacking during the day.

Connie Evers, M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian and children’s nutrition expert says that “breakfast needs to be something families look forward to, rather than a stressful and challenging experience for moms and children.” Parents need to make sure that everyone gets up early enough for the whole family to have time to create breakfast and eat it. And she suggests (my biggest weakness here) that parents be a good example and eat breakfast too. My husband reminds me all the time how important it is for me to be a good example and sit down and have breakfast with the kids. It is true, if I have breakfast, I don’t need a snack before lunch. Nutella can be part of a balanced breakfast. Try using whole-grain toast, or whole grain waffles and instead of using syrup use nutella spread. Add some fresh fruit and 1% milk for a good balance of nutrition.