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Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake
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This Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake is filled with chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, and lemon cream cheese mousse. It’s chocolate-lovers dream dessert.

Recipe
PRE TIME: 1 hr 45 min
COOKING TIME: 15 min
TOTAL TIME: 2 hr
12 SERVING
Ingredients:
  • Cake
  • 10 count Eggs
  • 10 oz. Sugar
  • 8 oz. Flour
  • 1.75 oz. Cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp. Baking soda
  • 1.5 tsp. Baking powder
  • 1.5 tsp. Salt
  • 2.5 oz. Heavy cream
  • 3.5 oz. Melted butter
  • Chocolate Mousse
  • 0.25 oz. Gelatin
  • 1 oz. Iced water
  • 1.75 oz. Milk
  • 0.5 oz. Sugar
  • 2 large Egg Yolk
  • 5.25 oz. Melted chocolate
  • 9 oz. Whipped cream
  • Lemon Cream Cheese Mousse
  • 0.25 oz. Gelatin
  • 1.75 oz. Iced water
  • 1.75 oz. Milk
  • 2 large Egg Yolk
  • 5.25 oz. Cream cheese
  • 7 oz. Whipped cream
  • 0.5 cup Lemon
  • Garnish
  • 1 bar Chocolate shavings
Directions:
Step 1
Step 1
1
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour 16x10x2 baking pan.
Step 2
Step 2
2
In a large bowl, stir together the eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the whipping cream and melted butter, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer. Pour evenly into the prepared pan.
Step 3
Step 3
3
Pour evenly into the prepared pan.
Step 4
Step 4
4
Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Trim the cooled cake to fit to 10-inch round cake pan. Set aside.
Step 5
Step 5
5
Make chocolate mousse: In a small bowl, combine gelatin and water and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes. In a double boiler over hot, but not boiling water, combine milk 50g and sugar 15g until the sugar dissolved. Whisk in softened gelatin and stir until completely dissolved. Add the melted chocolate and egg yolk, and mix well. Let mixture cool, stirring occasionally.
Step 5-1
Step 5-1
6
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat remaining cream until stiff peaks form. Stir in about a quarter cup of melted chocolate mixture into whipped cream. Then gently fold in the remaining whipped cream until fully incorporated.
Step 6
Step 6
7
Spread mousse over chocolate cake, smoothing the top with an offset spatula. Freeze for 30 minutes.
Step 7
Step 7
8
Make lemon cream cheese mousse: In a small bowl, combine gelatin and water and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes. In a double boiler over hot, but not boiling water, add the milk and whisk in softened gelatin and stir until completely dissolved. Add the egg yolk and mix well. Let mixture cool, stirring occasionall
Step 7-1
Step 7-1
9
Stir in cream cheese and whipped cream to the milk mixture. Then add squeezed half lemon juice and mix until fully incorporated.
Step 8
Step 8
10
Pour lemon mousse over chocolate mousse layer, smoothing the top with an offset spatula. Refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours.
Step 9
Step 9
11
Garnish with chocolate shavings before serving.
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