Crazy Lady Cake with Nutella Brigadeiro Filling
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 large eggs
Nutella brigadeiro filling
- 250 ml milk
- 300 g Nutella
- 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
Preparation
Cake
In a bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and oil well
Then add the hot water and mix well, then add the baking powder
Grease a cake pan with butter and flour, pour in the batter, and bake in a preheated medium oven for 40 minutes, or until the cake is done
Nutella brigadeiro filling
In a large, high pot, mix the cornstarch dissolved in milk, sweetened condensed milk, butter, and cocoa powder
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it pulls away from the bottom of the pan (brigadeiro consistency)
When it pulls away from the bottom of the pan, remove from heat and mix in the Nutella
Transfer the filling to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap touching the surface of the cream, and let cool
Once cooled, refrigerate for about 1 hour
Use as filling and/or topping
