Did you know there’s a day dedicated to hazelnut cake? Hazelnut Cake Day falls on 1 June each year, making it the perfect time to enjoy this delicious and nutritious nut, baked up into a tasty treat!

Fast facts about hazelnuts:

• Around 20 hazelnuts makes up a healthy handfull (or the 30g daily nut target)
• Among all nuts, hazelnuts are the highest in folate, and one of the highest in gut-loving fibre, with 3g fibre in a handful.
• A 30g serve of hazelnuts provides 45% of the recommended dietary intake of vitamin E, an antioxidant which may help reduce the risk of heart disease.
• Hazelnuts are a source of essential nutrients, including copper, magnesium, manganese, thiamin, and niacin.
• Hazelnut skins provides 7-8 times more antioxidants than dark chocolate.

Hazelnut chocolate cake with nut butter frosting

Hazelnuts have a sweet, buttery, rich, slightly cocoa flavour. This complements the sweet flavours from foods like roasted fruits, caramel and . . . chocolate. This decadent chocolate cake, featuring hazelnuts in both the cake and frosting, is the perfect treat to make this Hazelnut Cake Day!

Did you know? Hazelnut meal/flour is perfect for baked goods, pasta and snacks, while hazelnut paste is just the thing for pastries and ice cream!

More delicious cake recipes with hazelnuts