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Chocolate Mousse Cake

Chocolate Mousse Cake – deep rich mousse with a walnut crust!

Chocolate Mousse Cake-deep rich mousse with a walnut crust!

 

I’m always on the hunt for a good Chocolate Mousse. Rich, dense, smooth, decadent. It’s a lifelong quest, you might saY. my burden to bear.

So while I love Chocolate Mousse. the Hubby is against anything with raw egg. Most chocolate mousse is made with raw egg. I know what you’re thinking, what about cookie dough and cake batter? Nope, he won’t touch them. He used to try and forbid the kids from licking the beaters but we’d just go behind his back and do it anyway. After many years, he just pretends not to see it but he still doesn’t approve.

Now the kids, they’ve grown to understand, there’s a place for raw eggs. Beaters, spatulas and mixing bowls are to be licked. Smart kids. They take after their mama.

Chocolate Mousse Cake-deep rich mousse with a walnut crust!

I really don’t know why I try so hard to find a mousse he’ll like. After all, it’s more for me if he’s not having any. I think I just want to “win” the battle, make him see things my way, come over to the dark side, the “dark chocolate side.”

This Chocolate Mousse Cake may have done it. It’s baked, no raw eggs. It’s not light and fluffy. It’s dense and rich and decadent.

This cake is also the perfect cake to help my friend Carla of Chocolate Moosey celebrate her birthday!

Not only does Carla make amazing treats like Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Texas Sheet Cake and Cookie Cutter Fudge for Christmas Presents, she makes Spiced Cookie Dough Ice Cream and Mexican Hot Cocoa Sandwich Cookies. Carla is an even sweeter friend than the treats she can make. She’s got Photography Tutorials and Twitter tutorials and prop tutorials on her blog. She just recently posted the best ever how to create a Recipe index. She’s an active member of several blogging groups both on facebook and Google +.

Chocolate Mousse Cake-deep rich mousse with a walnut crust!

So Happy Birthday My Friend!

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Chocolate Mousse Cake for Chocolate Moosey

Chocolate Mousse Cake for Chocolate Moosey

Ingredients

for Crust

  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup almonds
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened

filling

  • 16 ounces semi sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped or 3 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar

Instructions

  1. In a food processor, finely chop nuts, then add butter and pulse to combine. Press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch spring-form pan.
  2. For the filling-in a medium saucepan, heat chocolate and cream over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate is melted and smooth. remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
  3. In a large bowl beat together eggs and vanilla at low speed until foamy. Increase speed to high and gradually add in flour and sugar until thick, about 10 minutes.
  4. Fold into chocolate 1/3 of egg mixture, taking time to combine.
  5. Next fold chocolate mixture, one half at a time into egg mixture. Spread batter into prepared crust. Place springform pan on cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 40-45 minutes, until puffed around outer edges and center is set when gently shaken.
  6. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes before removing sides to cool completely.
  7. Chill for 4 hours or overnight before serving.
Chocolate Mousse Cake-deep rich mousse with a walnut crust!

And Carla, It’s not just me that’s wishing you a Happy Birthday…

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Comments

  2. Nicole says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:18 am

    That is the most decadent beautiful thing I have seen lately. I really must make this – the perfect treat for our birthday party today! You said such wonderful things about her.

  3. Renee says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:55 am

    Wow! So rich and luscious looking. What an incredible dessert. It’s the best mousse cake I’ve seen. I have to give it a try.

    • Joan Hayes says

      May 15, 2013 at 11:26 am

      I completely agree Faith but my hubby didn’t like to get dirty as a kid either, he’s just weird and it’s more beaters for me and the kids!

  7. Susan says

    May 15, 2013 at 11:37 am

    This moose cake is out of this world Joan! While I have nothing against raw egg (people who don’t eat raw batter are weird), I definitely in the cooked moose camp. Incredible!

  8. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    May 15, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Joan, you are truly the queen of chocolate. I can’t get over how incredibly dense, rich, creamy and luscious that mousse is. *accidentally face plants into cake* Oops, guess I’ll have to eat the whole thing!

  11. Carla says

    May 15, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    I see what you did there – chocolate mousse, chocolate moose. You know I actually get people calling me Chocolate Moussey. I love how you took luscious chocolate mousse and turned it into a birthday cake. Thank you so much for throwing me this party! 🙂

  20. Kate | Food Babbles says

    May 18, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    Oh my goodness this chocolate mousse cake looks amazing!! I’m just drooling on my keyboard and thinking, I need to make this. What a great way to celebrate Carla. I adore her and love her blog!

  26. Miss Kim @ behgopa says

    June 10, 2013 at 3:47 am

    Hi Joan! I enjoyed reading your comment on food blogging events. Thanks for the tips and words of encouragement. Do you guys have any posts about the events you’ve attended? I’d love to read them!

    I love chocolate mousse! I can understand your husband’s hesitance about eating raw eggs. I used to be that way. But after I started cooking/baking for a living, it’s important for me to taste everything, and that includes things with raw eggs. Lol people eat raw eggs everyday and don’t get sick. I have yet to get sick from it.

  27. Mackenzie says

    August 1, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    This looks amazing and I will be trying the recipe.

    Just to confirm it’s 6 full eggs, not just egg whites correct?

  31. Misha says

    November 12, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    Hi! I just found you and am so excited to check out all your recipes. The Mousse Cake is going on my must make list!

  33. Golda Weiser says

    January 22, 2014 at 6:59 pm

    Amazing recipe! Thank you!! note: do not over bake! I overdid it by prob 7 minutes, middle was perfect but outer ring was a little dry…

  34. Lucille says

    June 30, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    What other crust will work well. I hate walnuts and almonds, but the mousse sounds good,m

  35. Eva says

    May 1, 2015 at 11:40 am

    Wow, this looks amazing! But… my springform pan is a 10″. Can I add 8 oz of cream cheese to stretch the batter? If not, how much should I adjust the baking time for the current ingredients? TIA

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