Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Mousse Cake For A Special Day

Chocolate Mousse Cake For A Special Day. I like chocolate mousse anything - Chocolate Mousse, French Silk Brownies, and chocolate mousse brownies are just a few of the chocolate mousse treats that I love! So it isn't surprising that this chocolate mousse cake is one of my favorite cake recipes! This cake is moist and intensely chocolaty.

It makes fabulous cupcakes, sheet cakes or layers cakes. But until I made this mousse cake, I have never baked it as a single layer. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and slowly stream in half of the hot cream while whisking. You can cook Chocolate Mousse Cake For A Special Day using 17 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Mousse Cake For A Special Day

1. Prepare of [Gateau au chocolat batter].
2. You need 90 grams of Chocolate.
3. Prepare 60 grams of and 20 grams Granulated sugar.
4. Prepare 3 of Egg yolks (large).
5. Prepare 3 of Egg white (large).
6. It's of [Chocolate mousse].
7. You need 135 grams of Chocolate.
8. It's 2 of Egg yolks (large).
9. You need 130 ml of Heavy cream (non-dairy heavy cream is ok).
10. You need 2/3 tbsp of ☆ Gelatin.
11. You need 50 ml of ☆ Water.
12. It's 2 of Egg whites (large).
13. It's 1/2 tbsp of Granulated sugar.
14. You need of [To decorate the cake].
15. You need 1 of Your favorite fruits, decorative chocolate, whipped cream.
16. You need 1 of [Chocolate tiara ].
17. You need 1 of Excluded from the recipe: melted butter, flour.

Add egg yolk mixture into saucepan with remaining hot cream and whisk to combine. This super moist dark chocolate mousse cake combines unsweetened natural cocoa powder and dark cocoa powder for an extra rich flavor. Fill the cake with a simplified chocolate mousse and cover the whole dessert with semi-sweet chocolate ganache. If needed, you can prepare the ganache and mousse ahead of time.

Chocolate Mousse Cake For A Special Day instructions

1. [Gateau au chocolat base] Preparation: Grease the cake pan with melted butter. Chill in the refrigerator, then dust the surface with flour. Melt the chocolate for gateau au chocolat in a double-boiler at around 60℃..
2. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks, then add and mix the 60 g of granulated sugar a little by little. Beat it well until it is thick and it drips like a ribbon..
3. Add [Step 2] to the melted chocolate..
4. [Meringue] In a separate bowl over ice water, add and lightly whip the egg white. Add the 20 g of granulated sugar and beat until stiff peaks form..
5. Using a whisk, add 1/3 of the meringue into the chocolate cream from the Step 3. Using a spatula, fold in the remaining meringue..
6. Pour the batter in a bottom of a removable cake pan and bake at 180℃ for 35 minutes..
7. Once it is cooled down, take the cake out from the pan, wash the pan, wipe off the excess water, and return the cake back in the pan..
8. [The mousse part] Preparation: Melt the chocolate in a double-broiler at around 60℃. Combine the 2/3 tablespoon of gelatin and 50 ml of water. When it softens, warm it in a double-boiler to dissolve the gelatin..
9. Combine the dissolved gelatin in the melted chocolate, add the egg yolk and mix it well..
10. [Whipped cream] In another bowl, over ice water, beat the heavy cream until it is the same stiffness as the Step 9 mixture..
11. Add the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture from Step 9..
12. [Meringue] In a separate bowl over ice water, add and lightly whip the egg white. Add the 1/2 tablespoon of granulated sugar and whip until stiff peaks form..
13. Add 1/3 of the meringue into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the rest of the remaining meringue..
14. Reserve about 1/7 of the chocolate mixture. Pour the remaining mixture from the top of the pan. Put it in the freezer to rapidly chill it for about 15 minutes..
15. Wrap the cake pan with a steamed towel (microwave it) to warm up the pan and take the cake out. Spread the remaining mousse to adjust the shape and chill in the refrigerator for about 3-4 hours..
16. Decorate as you like..

Do not boil at any time. Add melted chocolate and whisk consistently. A rich chocolate cake with a brownie bottom and a light and fluffy small-batch mousse topping. The truffles on top are optional, but so decadent! It feels a little like Valentine's Day today with this chocolate mousse cake for two, but it's not!