Everyone loves chocolate cake! This dessert turns a simple box cake mix into a divine dessert using a fig hazelnut spread and crushed hazelnuts. Learn how to make a simple syrup and up your cake game! Enjoy!

Fig and Hazelnut Chocolate Bites

• Chocolate cake batter recipe or box chocolate cake mix
• 65073 FIG SPREAD WITH HAZELNUT 240G
• 4 OZ. fresh figs, sliced into fig leaves
• 1/2 cup hazelnuts

Rum simple Syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. rum

Mix your favorite chocolate cake batter recipe or follow cake mix recipe to form batter.
Evenly spread batter into the bottom of a 9X13 jelly roll pan.
Bake according to directions or 300 degrees for half or normal baking time.
Meanwhile, heat sugar water and rum in a sauce pan until sugar dissolves.
After cake cools, pour cold syrup over cake and allow to absorb.
Cut cake into circles with a pastry ring.
Top with fig and hazelnut spread.
Place one fig leaf and sprinkle crushed hazelnuts.