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Soft Creamy Chocolate Mousse Cake

Soft Creamy Chocolate Mousse Cake

Chocolate mousse cake recipe

  • Chocolate sponge (40 x 25.5 cm or 15 x 10 in pan); finished cake: 16 cm / 6in square pan
    – 1 cup = 236ml

3 egg white
60g sugar (1/4 cup + 1/2 tbsp)
25g cocoa powder (1/4cup)
45g hot water (3tbsp)
50g cake flour (1/2 cup – 1 tbsp)
3 egg yolks
20g sugar (1.5 tbsp)
20g vegetable oil (1.5tbsp)

  • Chocolate mousse
    70g dark chocolate – chopped (2.5oz)
    2 egg yolks
    30g sugar (2.5 tbsp)
    100g warm milk (1/2 cup)
    1 tsp instant coffee
    1.5g gelatine sheet x 3

250g heavy cream – soft peaks (1 cup)
15g sugar (1 tbsp)

  • The chocolate glaze
    70g cocoa powder (3/4 cup)
    120g hot water (1/2 cup)
    120g heavy cream (1/2 cup)
    160g sugar (3/4 cup)
    1.5g gelatine sheet x 3

white chocolate and strawberries for garnishing