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Multilayered cake filled with chocolate frosting, coated with ground hazelnuts, and topped with caramel.—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025 Or, try swirling in ribbons of caramel, peanut butter, or chocolate hazelnut spread.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2025 Schmear campaign Lauren Collins on a controversial hazelnut spread taking France by storm.—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 Options include pistachio hazelnut, Chantilly chocolate, Black Forest and others, along with more elaborate wedding cake designs.—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hazelnut
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hazelnut was
before the 12th century
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