This is the dessert we were going to make on Monday, December 14, before the Gingerbread Adventure occurred. Wow! it is so good and so simple!! I think that this rivals our chocolate fudge brownies. And the amazing thing is that there are only four ingredients (chocolate, butter, eggs and raspberries…oh and a pinch of salt but that doesn’t count). Here is the finished product:
Chocolate Mousse Cake with raspberries
The first oozy slice!
And here are the illustrated instructions (this recipe is based on a recipe in Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes For Teen Chefs, by Rozanne Gold, but her recipe called for butter and olive oil and that seemed strange to us, so we did some research and decided we could probably increase the butter and eliminate the olive oil. Her recipe also called for orange zest, but we didn’t have any oranges so we decided to skip it–tasted amazing without it.
The ingredients…
Here’s what you need: 4 extra large eggs, 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, and raspberries to garnish (and pinch of salt)
Here’s what you do:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and chocolate on low heat till smooth. Set aside to let cool.
Butter and chocolate melting
Beat the 4 eggs on high for approximately 8 minutes (they should triple in volume); you can add a pinch of salt: Note you beat the whole egg…don’t have to separate them.
Beaten eggs.
Butter an 8 inch pan and line it with a circle of parchment paper or foil. Combine the cooled chocolate mix with the eggs, beat on low till smooth.
Cake: prebake
Put the cake into a 375 degree oven. Cook for 18 minutes (middle should still be soft). Don’t over cook.
Into the Oven!
Let cake cool 10-15 minutes: put plate on top and flip to get out of pan, then use another pan to flip again (foil lining stays on the bottom.)
Fresh out of the oven
Place fresh raspberries on top. It’s probably pretty good without the raspberries but the contrast in taste between the chocolate and the berries is delicious.
Finishing touches: Adding fresh raspberries to the cake
And we are back to where we started! Time to eat
The first oozy slice!
