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Chocolate Mousse Cake

What's better to serve than a Chocolate Mousse Cake for that special day? You can’t go wrong with chocolate!
Course: Desserts
Keyword: Chocolate, Desserts, Valentine’s day
Skill: intermediate
Servings: 20
Calories: 272kcal

Ingredients

  • For the chocolate cake:
  • 1 cups sugar
  • 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
  • .33 tbsp + 1 tablespoon good quality cocoa
  • .75 tsp baking powder
  • .75 tsp baking soda
  • .5 tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • .5 cups sour cream
  • .25 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • .5 cups warm coffee
  • For the Chocolate Mousse:
  • 1.5 cups heavy cream
  • 9 oz chocolate (64-70% cacao), chopped
  • 1 large egg
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • .33 cups granulated sugar

Instructions

  • For the Chocolate Cake: Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and line an 8 or 9-inch heart baking pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the sugar, and sift in the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, mixing with the whisk attachment whisk for one minute.
  • Stop the mixer and add egg, sour cream, oil, and vanilla bean paste and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in the warm coffee and mix for 20-30 seconds or just combine with a spatula.
  • Pour the batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely.
  • For the Chocolate Mousse: Whip the cream to soft peaks; refrigerate.
  • Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 20 -seconds burst, stirring between each.
  • Transfer the chocolate to a large bowl and let cool to 45F°.
  • Meanwhile, whisk the egg, egg yolks, and sugar in large bowl set over a pan of simmering water, whisk continuously until the mixture thickens (this takes around 5 minutes)
  • Transfer to a mixing bowl add vanilla and whisk for 7 minutes at medium/high speed.
  • When the chocolate is 45F° fold 1/2 of the whipped cream into the melted chocolate, fold in the egg mixture, then fold in the remain whipped cream.
  • Transfer to the silicone heart mold.
  • Place the silicone mold in the freezer, freeze overnight.
  • The next day, take the frozen chocolate mousse out of the silicone mold and place it on the cooled chocolate cake.
  • Let the mousse come to room temp before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 38.3g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 11.9g | Saturated Fat: 6.3g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 129mg | Fiber: 1.4g | Sugar: 20.5g