Best Chocolate mousse Cake Recipe
Discover the best chocolate cake recipe, rich, moist, and topped with a silky chocolate mousse. This easy-to-make dessert is perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, or any special occasion where you want to impress.
Ingredients
- For cake:
- 4 large eggs or 5 small eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp salt pinch
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 25 g melted butter
- ¼ cup milk
- For chocolate mousse:
- 160 g dark chocolate
- 2 cups whipped cream room temperature
- For decoration:
- 60 g dark chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 180°c – 360°F. Butter a 22 CM (8 inch) cake pan.
- In a medium bowl sift flour, baking powder and cacao powder.
- In a large bowl mixer add eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt, Whisk in a medium speed until light in color.
- Reduce the speed to slow, to eggs mixture add melted butter, milk and gradually add the dry ingredients. When all well incorporate, give the cake mixture a quick mix and pour it in the prepared cake pan.
- Bake in preheated oven 180°c for 25 minutes. When out of oven place cake on a wire rack to cool and remove the parchment paper.
- To prepare the chocolate mousse: melt the chocolate in microwave for 1 minute, mix with a spatula until will melted, let it cool while prepare the whipped cream.
- Whisk the whipped cream in a medium speed make sure the cream at room temperature, if it cold the chocolate will shrink. Whip until the cream coherent and the cream a little bit liquidy than usual because it is room temperature, don’t over whisk otherwise the cream will fall apart.
- Add the cream to chocolate gradually and keep mix all together until you have a smooth chocolate mousse.
- Halve cake layer horizontally using a long serrated knife. Layer cake, using a 1/2 cup mousse between layer, then frost top and sides with remaining frosting.
- With a peeler grate dark chocolate until cover all the chocolate cake.Chill 2 hours before serving.