So. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning I decided to make dessert for our immediate family's Christmas Eve dinner. And that dessert was: Smitten Kitchen's chocolate hazelnut crepe cake. A stack of deliciously paper-thin crepes with a light hazelnut pastry cream between each one, all draped in chocolate ganache and showered with candied hazelnuts.
Perhaps a bit over-zealous... but alas. that's what I proceeded to do. It was an insane amount of steps, separate recipes, and refrigerating. Buut I like to think everything turned out as it should have. Except for the candied hazelnuts. Something about candying sugar... that also involves nuts... just does not agree with me. Pretty much ever. I should take a class or something. It's getting sad.
Also, I didn't have Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur) on hand and since I couldn't just run to the store to pick some up, I just used the Amaretto (almond liqueur) we had. So there were some different/lacking flavors.
The recipe is from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman. I couldn't find a digital copy online anywhere, so you'll have to go pick up a copy of her cookbook. Believe me, it is well worth it. Full of some truly fantastic recipes.
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