Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake Recipe

Chocolate Cake Ingredients

3 Eggs, separated
1/3 cups Granulated sugar
1/2 cups Flour
2 tablespoons Unsweetened cocoa powder

Raspberry Syrup Ingredients

1/4 cups Sugar
1/4 cups Water
2 tablespoons Raspberry liqueur

Raspberry Mousse Ingredients

1 1/2 Unflavored gelatin
1/4 cups Water
2 pk (each 300 grams) frozen
Raspberries, thawed 3/4 cups Sugar
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
2 tablespoons Raspberry liqueur
2 cups Whipping cream

Chocolate Glaze Ingredients

4 oz Semisweet chocolate
1/4 cups Whipping cream

Chocolate Cake Directions

In large bowl, beat egg yolks with 1/4 cup of the sugar until very pale.
In separate bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form; gradually beat in remaining sugar until stiff peaks form.
Fold egg white mixture into egg yolk mixture.
Sift flour and cocoa over egg mixture; gently fold in.
Pour into buttered 8 inch springform pan;bake in 350F oven for 30-35 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched.
Run knife around edge of cake to loosen.
Let cool on wire rack.

Raspberry Syrup Directions

In small saucepan, combine sugar and water; cook over medium heat until sugar has dissolved, about 1 minutes.
Stir in liqueur.
Let cool.

Raspberry Mousse Directions

In small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water; let stand for 5 minutes to soften.
Pass berries through food mill to puree and remove seeds to make aobut 2 cups.
Transfer puree to separate saucepan.
Add sugar and lemon juice; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar hs dissolved, about 5 minutes.
Stir in liqueur; transfer to large bowl.
Over low heat, heat gelatin until dissolved; stir into raspberry mixture.
Chill, stirring occasionally,over larger bowl of ice and water for about 20 minutes or until consistency of raw egg whites.
Whip cream; fold into cooled raspberry mixture.
Reserve 1/2 cup for garnish.

Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake Assembly Directions

Cut cake into 3 or 4 thin layers; reserve 2 layers and freeze remaining layers for another use.
Sprinkle 1 cut side of each of the 2 layers with raspberry syrup.
Place 1 layer, syrup side up, in 9 inch springorm pan; pour in half of the raspberry mousse.
Top with second cake layer;pour in enough of the remaining mousse to come almost to top of pan.
Smooth surface.
Refrigerate until firm, 1-2 hours.

Chocolate Glaze Directions

In top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, melt chocolate with crea, stirring until smooth.
Let cool to room temperature yet still spreadable; pour over mousse and spread evenly.
Spoon remaining mouse into pastry bag fitted with small plain tip; pipe three concentric circles over top of cake.
Pull toothpick through circles to form spiderweb design.
Refrigerate until chilled.
This recipe makes double the amout of cake needed, so you’ll be able to freeze the extra cake to have on hand when you want to make an encore of these fabulous flavors.