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Double Chocolate Mousse Cake




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List of Ingredients




Cake
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, sifted
3/4 cup unsweetened alkalized cocoa powder, sifted
6 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Milk and Dark Chocolate Mousses
3½ cups heavy cream
5 ounces milk chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
Sugar Syrup
1/4 cup sugar


Recipe



Preheat the oven to 350° F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan. Dust the pan with flour and tap out the excess. If you prefer, you can line the pan with parchment or wax paper.

Sift together the flour and cocoa powder in a medium metal bowl; set aside. Fill a pot one-third full with water and bring to a simmer. Combine the eggs and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Place the bowl over the simmering water and whisk until the mixture is warm to the touch.

Transfer the bowl to the mixer stand and, using the whisk attachment, beat on medium speed until the mixture triples in volume and forms a thick ribbon when the whisk is lifted; about 8 minutes. Using a large rubber spatula, gently fold in the flour mixture. Fold in the melted butter. Scrape the batter into the pan and smooth the top.

Bake the cake for 20 to 25 minutes, until it has pulled away from the side of the pan and the top springs back when lightly touched. Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely on a cooling rack.

For Milk and Dark Chocolate Mousses: In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the whisk attachment, beat 2½ cups of heavy cream to soft peaks. Scrape half of the whipped cream into a medium bowl. Cover both bowls and refrigerate. Put the milk and dark chocolate in two separate medium bowls. Bring the remaining 1 cup of cream and ¼ cup of butter to a boil in a small saucepan. Pour a 1/2 cup of the hot cream over the milk chocolate and the remaining 1/2 cup over the bittersweet chocolate. Gently whisk the milk chocolate until it is completely melted and the mixture is smooth. Whisk the dark chocolate until smooth.

Let the chocolate mixtures cool for 10 minutes. Fold the milk chocolate mixture into one bowl of whipped cream. Fold the dark chocolate into the remaining whipped cream.

Make the sugar syrup: Combine 1/4 cup of water and the sugar in a small saucepan. Bring it to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Let the syrup cool to room temperature.

Assemble the Cake: Using a serrated knife, slice the cake horizontally in half. Cup a strip of parchment paper to line the inside of a 9x4-inch cake ring. Line the mold with the strip and place it on a serving plate. Place a 9-inch cardboard cake round in the bottom of the cake ring. Place the bottom half of the cake, cut side up, into the cake ring. (If you don't have a cake ring, improvise with the ring piece of a spring-form pan. Place the cardboard round at the bottom and close the latch at the side to keep it in place).

Brush the cake generously with the sugar syrup. Scrape the dark chocolate mousse onto the cake and smooth it into an even layer. Top with the second cake round, cut side down. Brush the cake generously with syrup. Scrape the milk chocolate mousse onto it, smoothing it into an even layer. Chill the cake for at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours.

To unmold the cake, lift it off the plate, holding it with your palm against the cardboard round. Lift off the ring mold and peel off the parchment strip.

Alternatively, if you are using a spring-form pan ring, run a knife around the edge to loosen and unlatch the pan. Allow the cake to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving. If you are using a spring-form pan, gently unlatch the clasp and lift off the ring.