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Friday, May 22, 2015

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 quart whipping cream
  • 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • 2 grease and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans.
  • 3 prepare cake-in large bowl combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder and soda, and salt.
  • 4 add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla-beat 2 minutes.
  • 5 stir in boiling water.
  • 6 divide batter in pans.
  • 7 bake for 20 minutes, and cool completely.
  • 8 to prepare mousse-combine all ingredients and whip on high till soft peaks form. chill under ready to spread over cake layers.
  • 9 to prepare chocolate ganache-combine chips and half and half in double boiler and cook until combined. remove from heat and let cool
  • 10 once cake layers are cooled, spread mousse between layers.
  • 11 spread chocolate ganache over entire cake-best to do when ganach is a bit warm or room temperature.
  • 12 allow cake to cool and set.

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