Chocolate Mousse Cake With Chocolate Whipped Cream

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 5 ounces unsalted butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 ounce semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 line an deep 8" round spring form cake pan with greaseproof paper - do not grease paper.
• 2 melt combined chocolate and butter in heatproof bowl.
• 3 cool to room temperature.
• 4 combine eggs and sugar in bowl, beating with an electric mixer until thick and creamy.
• 5 fold in sifted flour.
• 6 fold in chocolate mixture.
• 7 pour mixture into prepared pan, bake at 350f for 20 minutes or until cake is crusty on top and soft in the center.
• 8 let cake sit until cool.
• 9 cover cake pan with tinfoil and freeze for at least several hours.
• 10 just before serving, place pan in hot water to loosen cake.
• 11 remove cake from pan and place onto a serving dish a few hours before serving.
• 12 garnish with chocolate whipped cream right before serving.
• 13 chocolate whipped cream:.
• 14 in a small saucepan, combine heavy cream and semisweet chocolate.
• 15 stir over low heat until all the chocolate has melted.
• 16 remove from heat and stir until there are no chocolate specks remaining.
• 17 pour mixture into a bowl and chill well.
• 18 just before serving, beat cream until stiff peaks form (tips of peaks should stand straight).
• 19 pipe onto cake as desired.