Nutella Crumb Cake / Sbriciolata
This easy Italian Nutella Crumb Cake, makes the perfect Dessert or Snack Cake. A buttery cookie crumbly base filled with a creamy hazelnut filling then topped with more crumb topping and baked to perfection!
Nutella Crumb Cake
Whenever I go back to Toronto to visit my daughters the first thing the ask for is the largest jar of Nutella I can find so that they or I can make them one of the favourite desserts! Yup this Crumb Cake with the most famous Creamy Hazelnut Filling.
Actually my eldest admitted that she has made it for family and friends, and I kid you not 4 times in the past month.
This is probably one of the first sweet purchases I made in the grocery store when I got here, but then my sister-in-law told me how to make it, and I never looked back. And yes it is super popular here. Known as a “Sbriciolata alla Nutella” and such an easy cake to make, and so yummy!
How to make a Crumb Cake
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Add the butter and using a pastry blender or fork combine to form a coarse crumbly mixture.
- Add the egg and continue to mix only until still crumbly.
- Place a part of the crumbly mixture into the cake pan, lightly pat down.
- Spread the Nutella on top and top with the remaining crumb mixture.
- Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until lightly golden on top.
- Let cool before serving.
I like to use a springform pan for cakes like these but if you don’t have one, just make sure to grease and flour well your cake pan or a deep dish pie dish would work too.
We are a Nutella eating family, of course what Italian isn’t? I used to have to hide the jars from the kids when they were little, to tell the truth I just started eating it here, but I have to say nothing like a fresh croissant stuffed with some of this creamy stuff!
In my opinion this Nutella Crumb Cake should step out from behind Tiramisu and just show everyone how darn delicious a crumb cake especially filled with Nutella can be. Enjoy!
Italian Nutella Crumb Cake
Ingredients
Crumb Base
- 2½ cups flour (310 grams)
- ½ cup sugar (100 grams)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ cup butter (cold and cut into small pieces) (110 grams)
- 1 large egg
FILLING
- 1-2 cups Nutella
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350° (180°C). Grease and flour an 8-9 inch (depending how thick you like your base, I used a 9 inch for this one) cake pan (20-24 cm). A spring form pan is my recommendation.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, add butter, using a pastry blender or fork combine to form a coarse crumb mixture, add the egg and continue to mix only until still crumbly.
- Place approximately ⅔ of the crumbly mixture in the cake pan, lightly pat down. Spread the Nutella* evenly on top and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
- Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until lightly golden on top. Let cool. Enjoy!
*If the Nutella is hard, place in a small plate and over a pot of boiling water stir until smooth and soft.
If you find the dough not crumbly enough then add a bit more butter. But remember it must be crumbly and not come together like a traditional pie dough.
Nutrition
Updated from October 9, 2015.
Have you ever mixed the nutella with ricotta for the filling? I have a friend from Milan who has prepared it this way, but I am having trouble finding an english version of a recipe that is made this way. If you have made it with this mixture, would you be able to share the filling ratio?
Hi Veronica, I have never made it with Nutella and Ricotta but I know a lot of people do, so I found this out, Drain (in a sieve over a bowl) approximately 2 cups and a bit of ricotta for about a couple of hours, then mash it with a fork (so it is as creamy as possible) then mix in approximately 3/4 cup of Nutella to form a cream, spread over the crust and continue with the recipe. Hope that helps, let me know how it comes out.
Hi Rosemary, This worked really well. I made two cakes yesterday and everyone really enjoyed the treat! Thanks for your help with the filling and the recipe!
Hi Veronica, glad to hear it. Have a great weekend.
Oh that crumb topping and nutella filling! This sounds sooooo good. YUM!
Thanks Steph, it is really good.
Can’t wait to try another Nutella recipe. This crumb cake looks really good. The texture of the crumb cake and the smoothness of the Nutella will be a great taste treat. Having grown up in Italy I had Nutella everyday of my life. I think I was eating Nutella before I could walk!
HI Clelia, thanks, haha I think most kids eat Nutella before they can walk. Let me know how you like it. Have a great Sunday.
OMG! OMG! OMG! How could you tempt me like that? The Nutella lover in me is ready to go to the kitchen at 10:30pm to prepare this. It’s either that or obsess about it all night long… 😛 Pinning!
Hi Olivia, thanks, hope you enjoy it!
Our kids will go CRAZY over this recipe; thanks so much for the inspiration!
This looks fantastic! I’ve never seen a cake like this before so I’m definitely going to give it a try! 🙂 Who doesn’t love Nutella in everything?? Thanks for sharing this post!
OMG, this sounds like heaven, I’ll make it asap for my nutellaholic husband 🙂
Hi Claudia, thanks, let me know how he likes it.
All that yummy Nutella!! Yup, I can completely understand your daughter making this so many times, because it looks absolutely delicious! Pinned!
Hi Anna, yeah pretty darn good it is. One of our favourites.
Oh my! I totally understand why you’ve made this 4 times. I mean, crumb cakes are already amazing because hellooo butter! <3 But the fact that you sandwiched in nutella just makes this all the more irresistible! Genius recipe and beautiful execution…totally drooling! :p
Thanks so much Beeta, it was good. Have a great weekend.
I love starting kids out baking things they want to eat! This looks like something I want to eat … so I suppose I’ll be adding Nutella to my grocery list this weekend.
Hi Noel, an easy recipe for kids, they will love it.
This looks so good!! Great Recipe!
Hi An thanks.
I absolutely love any cake with crumbs, so this Nutella version is certainly going on my “try it” list!
Hi Kathrina, thanks, hope you enjoy it.
Nutella? Cake? Oh my word, I’m speechless! Looks and sounds heavenly!
Hi Sarah, thanks.
I can see why your daughter would have made this cake four times. It looks absolutely divine. My husband is a Nutella fanatic so I am pretty sure he would be ecstatic if he saw this beauty show up on the table.
Hi Lynn, it is a big favourite in our house, quite delicious. Thanks.
Yummy!!!!!! There really is nothing else I can say about a cake with crumbs and nutella. It’s the best of both worlds.