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.