Chocolate Mousse Cake Recipe
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Ingredients
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 pkgs (2.8 oz each) instant milk chocolate mousse mix
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Chocolate curls, for garnish
Method
- Heat oven to 350. Coat 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line with waxed paper; coat paper with spray. Melt chocolate in small bowl in microwave on 100% power 1 to 2 minutes. Stir until smooth.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Beat in eggs and melted chocolate. In a medium-size bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture, ending with flour. Evenly spread in prepared pan.
- Bake in 350 oven 25 minutes or until top springs back when pressed. Let cool in pan on rack 5 minutes. Invert onto rack; remove pan and paper. Let cool completely.
- Slice cake crosswise into thirds, each piece 10 x 5 x 1 inches. Prepare mousse following package directions, adding cinnamon. Stack cake layers, with 3/4 cup mousse between layers and 1 1/4 cups on top.
- Chill 1 hour. Garnish with curls.
