Chocolate, Malt & Hazelnut Tray Bake

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Chocolate heaven! I bet you have never had a tray bake like this before and I have to say, I ate the entire thing with not even a spec of crumb within a few days. This tray bake is perfect to share, but when it tastes this good… why would you? Layers of malted milk cake, chocolate custard and hazelnut crumble cures that rumble from within. See below for the full recipe and click the link to head over to my YouTube channel to watch and see how it’s done.  

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Chocolate, Malt & Hazelnut Tray Bake

  • Author: Adriano Zumbo
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Ingredients

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Malted Milk Sheet Cake

  • 120g Caramel Chocolate
  • 20g Cocoa Powder
  • 125g Boiling Water
  • 210g White Sugar
  • 135g Brown Sugar
  • 1tsp Salt
  • 4 each Eggs
  • 1tsp Vanilla Paste
  • 100g Malted Milk Powder
  • 240g Unsalted Butter
  • 280g Plain Flour
  • 1tsp Baking Soda
  • 100g Cream Cheese

Chocolate Custard

  • 600g Milk
  • 100g White Sugar
  • 100g Malted Milk Powder
  • 60g Corn Starch
  • 2.5g Agar Agar
  • 200g Caramel Chocolate
  • 60g Unsalted Butter
  • 50g Cocoa Mass 100% Chocolate

Hazelnut Crumble

  • 200g Hazelnuts (Chopped & Toasted)
  • 150g Unsalted Butter
  • 130g Plain Flour
  • 100g Hazelnuts Ground
  • 150g White Sugar
  • 4g Baking Powder
  • 20g Cocoa Powder

Instructions

Malted Milk Sheet Cake:

  1. In a saucepan, dry caramelise the sugar then deglaze with boiling water
  2. Pour the caramel over the chocolate and cocoa and whisk together
  3. In a mixer, cream the butter cream cheese and brown sugar
  4. Add the eggs one at a time
  5. Add chocolate caramel mix
  6. Add the dry ingredients
  7. Pour into lined and greased baking tray and refrigerate

Chocolate Custard:

  1. Heat the milk in a saucepan
  2. Pour over the sugar, malted milk, cornflour and agar agar and whisk continuously
  3. Pour mix back into the saucepan and whisk until thick
  4. Add the chocolate, butter and cocoa mass and whisk until melted
  5. Pour the custard over the cake layer

Hazelnut Crumble:

  1. Place all ingredients into a bowl and use your fingers to mix together to create a crumble texture
  2. Sprinkle the mix over the custard and cake layer
  3. Bake at 160 degrees celsius for 40 minutes

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