This chocolate mousse can be served alone chilled in individual champagne glasses for a small group of dinner party. For a large group, just put a bed of cake underneath, and you are ready to go.
Ingredients (8-inch cake):
Chocolate Cake
1 1/4 cups cake flour, sifted
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup buttermilk
Chocolate Mousse
200 grams dark chocolate
4 eggs
150 ml whipping cream
4 tablespoons espresso
2 tablespoons rum
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
To prepare cake, grease an 8-inch springform pan, line bottom and side with parchment paper. Set aside.
Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a standing mixer with paddle attachment, mix the butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar and continue mixing. Add eggs, one at a time. Continue beating for around 3 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture and buttermilk alternate to butter mixture.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Let cool completely.
To prepare mousse, make a double boiler and bring the water to a soft simmer. Put the chocolate in a heat resistant bowl and leave to melt. Put a mixing bowl in the freezer.
Split the eggs and whip the egg yolks with the sugar till it becomes light and creamy. Add the melted chocolate, rum and espresso.
Put the cream in the bowl that came out of the freezer and whip until it becomes stiff. Add the cream to the chocolate mixture and combine with a spatula until it becomes one liquid.
Beat the egg whites until it becomes stiff and forms peak and add that to the chocolate mixture.
Pour the chocolate mixture onto the cool cake. Juggle the pan lightly to level the top.
Keep in the refrigerator overnight before serving. Sprinkle chocolate shaves on top if wanted.
22 comments
Truly gorgeous!!! The chocoholics in my family approve!!!
Looks light yet so decadent! This chocolate lover wants some.
That looks wonderful.
Very innovative recipe indeed! I am a fan of yours already!
Good suggestions on multiple ways to present and use this dessert.
That mousse looks amazing! YUM! I can’t wait to make it myself.
Yummy ……. chocolate mousse cake! I wish I could join your dinner party!:)
That sounds heavenly and looks it too, wow!
Well aren’t you smart, great idea throwing the mousse onto a cake slab, a bit more bang for the buck too. Thanks for both recipes.
stunning! Chocolate mousse and cake? Wow…..best of both worlds and what an elegant combo. Beautifully done!
Oh my – I have a dinner party to go to on Friday and the hostess asked me to bring dessert. I think I might have found it… Thank you! It looks delicious.
I am drooling on my keyboard ! I wish I could have some right now ! Stunning photos too.
This looks absolutely mouthwatering and two great serving suggestions. I think I would go for the chocolate cake option. The two textures and the double choc hit sound wonderful together.
mousse and chocolate cake… two of my favorites loves coming together in a single dessert is a dream come true! this looks delicious!
Your chocolate mousse cake look beautiful… it sure makes a great after meal dessert….
That cake is stunning – I can almost taste the chocolate.
So beautiful….I definitely like the bed of cake way of serving this mousse. Yummy.
It’s like a two-for-one dessert!
Oh I love that chocolate mousse, I’ve made a similar one several times – it’s a winner. And your photos look so beautiful!
Can i omit the rum?
This looks stunning (and delicious!). I wish I could have a slice right now! : )
Mmmm this looks so decadent and delicious!! :)