CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE

4 eggs ½ cup sugar  2/3 cup all purpose flour  ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa  ¼ cup Kahlua or Tia Maria  Mousse:  2 tbsp dark roasted coffee beans (finely ground)  1 ½ cups heavy cream  ½ cup sugar  ½ cup brewed dark roast coffee  4 egg yolks 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees  Grease and flour one 8 inch square, and one 9 inch round cake pan  Place eggs and sugar in pan  Place pan over pan of boiling water, whisk until thick 
Remove from heat and whisk until stiff enough to leave trail by whisk  Fold in flour and cocoa  Pour 1/3 mixture into square pan, and remainder in round pan  Bake square pan 15 minutes or until firm  Bake round pan 30 minutes, or until firm  After cooling, slice round cake in half horizontally  Place bottom half back in pan, sprinkle with Kahlua or Tia Maria  Trim edges of square cake, use edges to line sides of pan  Place coffee for mousse in bowl  Heat ¼ cup of cream to almost boiling point, pour over coffee  Allow to set 5-6 minutes, then strain off coffee  Place sugar in brewed coffee, heat until sugar dissolves  Heat to boiling, remove when heat reaches 225 degrees F  Cool for 5 minutes, add egg yolks, whisk until very thick  Add remaining cream, whip until soft peaks form  Spoon into cake shell, place in freezer for 20 minutes  Sprinkle remaining liquor over other cake  Place on top of mousse, return to freezer for 4 hours  Dust with powdered sugar 

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