May 17th is our third year anniversary. I thought of making a special cake to celebrate it, immediately the cake which came to my mind is a rich chocolate mousse cake. I have been wanting to try that cake for quite a long time. So i took this opportunity to up that up. And guess what it turned out to be a huge success. The cake turned out to be fudgy, chocolaty and totally yummy.
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The first step in making the cake is to make a batch of a delicious fluffy chocolate mousse. I have already shared a chocolate mousse recipe with marshmallows in this blog. So i wanted to try a simple version of it and this is that.
This recipe is a very basic one, it needs just chocolate and cream and nothing else. When i took a mouthful of this delicious mousse it was spot on..Hope you give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 5 mins
Makes : 2 to 4 glasses
Dark Chocolate Chips - 1.5 cup
Sugar - 2 tblspn
Water - 4 tblspn
Instant Coffee Powder - ½ tsp
Whipping Cream - 1 cup
(My 1 cup measures 240 ml)
Method:
Take water, sugar and coffee powder in a sauce pan, heat till the sugar is melted and the water comes to a boil.
Add in chocolate chips and heat it on a very low flame till the chocolate is completely melted.
Now pour this mix into a bowl and cool it completely.
Take cream in a bowl and use a electric beater to whip this till it gets thick and forms soft peaks.
Now fold this cream into the chocolate very gently.
Once everything is mixed up well.
Spoon this into serving glasses and chill in the fridge for 2 hours.
Serve cold.
HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO:
Pictorial:
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| Take your ingredients |
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| First take water in a sauce pan |
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| add in sugar |
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| add in coffee powder |
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| heat till the sugar and coffee is melted and water is hot |
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| add in chocolate chips |
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| keep mixing them on low heat til the chocolate is melted |
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| whisk till chocolate is melted |
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| now the chocolate is all melted |
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| Pour it into a bowl |
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| Leave them to cool |
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| In the mean time, take whipping cream in a bowl, i used frozen cool whip |
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| whip them till they thickens |
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| Now the chocolate mix is cooled |
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| add in cream |
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| fold gently |
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| keep mixing |
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| now everything is beautifully mixed up |
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| Take your serving glasses |
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| Spoon the mousse in |
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| top with some chocolate sprinkles |
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| Chill Before serving |
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| enjoy |
Anonymous
It was yummy n cme perfect
Anonymous
Can use blender instead of electronic beater???
sutapa Purkayastha
Delicious preparation.
Ankita Suman
What is the other option beside chocolate chips in this recipe...we don't get chocolate chips in small cities...can we use normal dairy milk or cocoa powder...if yes please tell the measurements...thank you...
Anonymous
Nice
Kitu
Awesome... Simply marvelous
Aarthi
@Ankita Sumanyes use bournville dark chocolate
Ankita Suman
Thank you so much....take care
Ankita Suman
Thank you so much.....take care
Anonymous
where will we get the chocolate chips and cream
Anonymous
How many grams of dark chocolate is to be used
Aarthi
@Anonymoussame amount as mentioned in the recipe
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can get it in any big supermarket
Anonymous
What is the shelf time?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyou can keep it in fridge covered for around 2 to 3 days
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi
I used the same measurements you mentioned and the whipped cream was frozen too... but the mousse appeared quite darker than yours in the pics... it wasnt as smooth as seen too.. the taste was awesome though. Made it twice and both the times it was dark and looked a little different. like crumbs... do you know why did that happen both times?
Aarthi
@Anonymous i think u have over whipped the cream so it has turned grainy. next time dont opverwhip, the cream should have soft peaks
Anonymous
Thnks Aarthi will try it next time. I always have a trouble in whipping the cream. the first time i tried your black forest cake i overwhipped and it seperated to butter!!!! I did do a lot of research about whipping just to be sure i dont mess up this time.. But guess my research wasnt good enuf!!! 😀
Anonymous
What is the other option for whipped cream
Aarthi
@Anonymoussorry no substitute is there for cream, that what gives the fluffyness
green
Have u used gelatin while whipping the cream?
Aarthi
@greenno no gelatin for mousse
Anonymous
hi.. I tried ur recipe. But no peakd 🙁
i used crusty n crumbs whipping powder... I used it in a blender.. It became soft but not stiff. I added it to d chocmix and now its all watery.. 🙁
what do i do now
Aarthi
@Anonymouspour it into cups and set it in fridge it will set.
neeta handa
Can we use Morde dark compound instead of chocolate chips ???
Marina Fernandez
Hi Aarthi,
Is there any some brands of whipping cream that you can recommend? At least 2-3 options would make it really easy to select what is readily available in the market.
Thanks in Advance
Aarthi
@Marina Fernandezu can use milkymist or whipping cream powder
Aarthi
@neeta handayes u can use compound
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi, can I use thickened cream instead of whipped cream?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use..
Anonymous
Hai...can I use cocoa powder? ? Pls advice...wanted to make it...thnks in advance. ..
Aarthi
not sure about adding cocoa
manaal shuhail
Hi...if I'm using cooking chocolate slabs...wat is the quantity in grams?pls help!thank you
manaal shuhail
Hi...if I'm using cooking chocolate..should I use milk chocolate or dark chocolate and .what is the quantity in grams?pls help!thank you
Aarthi
@manaal shuhailuse dark chocolate..use around 250 to 300 grams
Rujuta Korgaonkar
Hi can this be used as icing for cake as well???
Aarthi
@Rujuta Korgaonkaryes u can use
LHNV
What about the chocolate mousse cake?
Anonymous
Can we whip fresh cream instead of whipped cream?
CToth
Excellent, Thank you
Letisha
I've never made mousse before, so I don't know if coffee powder is typically an ingredient for chocolate mousse. Does the end result taste like coffee? We have some non-coffee people in our house, so want to check before I try it! Thanks! 🙂
Shenthamarai Selvi
Aarthy, instead of coffee powder, shall I include cocoa powder or chocolate chip powder ?
Aarthi
no dear