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Chocolate Mousse Cake

Georgia combines the best bits of a chocolate cake and chocolate mousse to create this fluffy cake of dreams.

food

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Georgia combines the best bits of a chocolate cake and chocolate mousse to create this fluffy cake of dreams.

Supplies

Sponge

  • 80-100 grams egg yolk
  • 40 grams caster sugar
  • 120 grams egg white
  • 80 grams caster sugar
  • 100 grams plain flour
  • 20 grams cocoa powder
  • 50 grams chopped pistachios

Mousse

  • 300 grams plain chocolate tablespoon butter
  • 4 large eggs separated 200 milliliters double cream
  • Dark chocolate, to decorate

Steps

Sponge

  1. Whisk egg yolk and sugar together.
  2. Whisk whites and sugar together.
  3. Sift flour and cocoa powder together.
  4. Fold yolks and dry into whites in stages.
  5. Pipe strips onto a baking sheet and 2 circles.
  6. Sprinkle over pistachios and bake at 190 for 10 minutes.

Mousse

  1. Melt chocolate over bain-marie and add butter and leave to cool.
  2. Whisk egg whites and cream separately.
  3. Mix cream into chocolate, then add to whites.
  4. Build up mousse cake and set in freezer.
  5. Make chocolate ruffles.
  6. Top cake.