Description
Dive into the luxurious depths of the Dark Chocolate Mousse Cake, a triple-layered delight that combines soft chocolate cake, rich chocolate mousse, and glossy ganache. Each bite offers an explosion of velvety chocolate that’s just as ideal for festive celebrations as it is for cozy, quiet evenings.
Ingredients
Scale
- Soft Chocolate Cake
- 2 cupsflour
- 2 cupssugar
- 3/4 cupcocoa powder
- 2 tspbaking soda
- 1 tspbaking powder
- 1/2 tspsea salt
- 2eggs
- 1 cupcold coffee
- 1 cupbuttermilk
- 1/2 cupavocado oil
- Chocolate Mousse
- 400gdark chocolate, finely chopped
- 4 tbspespresso
- 4egg yolks
- 2 tbspvanilla paste
- 2 cupswhipping cream
- 2 tbspsugar
- Chocolate Ganache
- 3 1/2 cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cake Preparation: Preheatovento 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Mix all dry ingredients, then add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, and oil. Blend until smooth and bake for 30 minutes.
- Mousse Preparation: Melt chocolate with espresso; let cool.Whiskyolks with vanilla. Fold in melted chocolate, then whipped cream until smooth. Refrigerate.
- Ganache Preparation: Heat cream, pour over chocolate, and stir until smooth.
- Assembly: Layer cake and mousse. Top with ganache. Refrigerate 1-2 hours before serving.
Notes
Ensure ingredients like eggs and cream are at room temperature for best results. For the ganache, if too thick, gently heat until pourable.
Nutrition
- Calories: 540
- Sugar: 46
- Fat: 34
- Carbohydrates: 58
- Protein: 6