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Chocolate Cherry Mousse Cake

Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time25 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Rosvitha

Ingredients

  • For cake
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup warm water
  • 1 tsp instant espresso powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
  • For Chocolate Mouse
  • 8 oz dark chocolate
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • For Cherry Sauce
  • 4 cups frozen pitted cherries
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 tbsp cornstarch
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Mix all the dry ingredients for cake in one bowl. Dissolve the espresso powder in warm water. Mix the egg, milk, oil and vanilla extract together and add the dry ingredients and the espresso while whisking. Whisk until well combined. Pour the batter into the round pan covered with baking paper. Bake it for 20-25 minutes. Cool the cake completely before you cut it in two equal layers. Warm the 1/2 cup of heavy cream in the microwave oven and add the chocolate in. Stir until the chocolate melts. Mix the remaining 1 1/2 cup heavy cream until firm, then fold in the melted chocolate while mixing. Whisk together sugar, salt and cornstarch adding a little cherry juice from melted cherries. Put the cherries on a medium heat and bring them to boil. Stir in the mixture or sugar and cornstarch and stir constantly until the sauce is done.
    Assemble the cake like on the pictures…one layer of the cake, half of the chocolate mousse, half of the cherry sauce, and once more the remaining cake layer, chocolate mousse and the cherry sauce.