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chocolate cake with strawberry mousse filling

CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY MOUSSE CAKE

Farah's Recipes
This chocolate strawberry mousse cake recipe is a combination of chocolate cake and eggless strawberry mousse. It’s so simple and easy to make 
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time : 6 hours
Total Time 7 hours 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 6 pieces

Ingredients
  

  • 1   can condensed milk
  • ½ cup  oil
  •  1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon  vanilla
  • 2 cups flour 
  • ½  cup  unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Strawberry sauce

  • 1 teaspoon gelatine powder
  • 3 teaspoons water
  • ¾ cup strawberry sauce 150 g
  • ¾ cup heavy cream 170 g

Instructions
 

Chocolate cake

  • Preheat your oven to 180 Celsius.
  • Grease a round baking pan of 10-12 inches with sunflower oil and flour.
  • In a bowl sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. (Use a good quality of cocoa). Place the sifted dry ingredients aside.
  • In another bowl pour the condensed milk, oil, water, vanilla, and mix them well with a hand whisk
  • Add the dry ingredients to liquids and mix them well but gently.Don't over mix the batter.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan.Tap the pan on the table a few times so that the extra air bubbles are let out.
  • Put the pan in the oven for 25-30 minutes. since the temperatures are different from oven to oven keep a close eye on it. check the cake if done with a toothpick if the toothpick is clean then the cake is done.
  • Take the pan out of the oven and let it at room temperature for 20-30 minutes.

Strawberry Mousse

  • In a small bowl add water and gelatine mix them well and leave it aside for 10 minutes.
  • Put the gelatine in the microwave for 5-10 seconds and pour it onto the strawberry sauce and mix well.
  • In a stand mixer pour the heavy cream and whip it for 3-4 minutes or until soft peaks form, then add the strawberry sauce and mix gently until incorporated.
  • Leave the cake to cool completely then cut the cake to circles.
  • Using mini pans put a piece of rounded cake and then put the mousse filling ( you can use a cheesecake pan)
  • place the pan in the fridge for 6 hours preferably overnight.

Notes

  • You can make this recipe with a cheesecake pan.
  • Leave the strawberry chocolate mousse cake in the fridge for at least 6 hours.
Keyword strawberry chocolate mousse cake, strawberry chocolate mousse cups