🍫 Chocolate Mousse Mud Cake

Here’s a rich, luxurious Chocolate Mousse Mud Cake recipe — a dense, moist chocolate mud cake base topped with silky, airy chocolate mousse. It’s a decadent two-layer dessert perfect for birthdays, dinner parties, or serious chocolate lovers.

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🍫 Chocolate Mousse Mud Cake

🍽 Servings: 10–12

⏱ Time: ~1 hr prep + baking + 4 hrs chilling

🧑‍🍳 Difficulty: Medium

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🔹 Components:

1. Chocolate Mud Cake Base

2. Dark Chocolate Mousse Topping

3. Optional Ganache or Chocolate Shards for Decoration

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🟫 1. Chocolate Mud Cake

Ingredients:

• 200g (7 oz) dark chocolate (60–70%), chopped

• 250g (1 cup) unsalted butter

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar

• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1 tsp instant coffee (optional, enhances chocolate flavor)

• 1 1/4 cups hot water

• 2 large eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 320°F (160°C). Line a deep 9-inch round cake pan with parchment and grease well.

2. In a saucepan, combine chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa, and coffee with the hot water. Stir over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly.

3. Whisk in eggs and vanilla.

4. Sift in flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until smooth.

5. Pour into pan and bake 50–60 minutes or until a skewer comes out with a few moist crumbs.

6. Cool completely in the pan.

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🍫 2. Chocolate Mousse Topping

Ingredients:

• 200g (7 oz) dark chocolate (60–70%), chopped

• 2 cups heavy cream (divided: 1/2 cup heated, 1 1/2 cups whipped)

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tbsp powdered sugar (optional)

• 1 tsp gelatin + 1 tbsp cold water (optional, for more stability)

Instructions:

1. Bloom gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes (optional).

2. Heat 1/2 cup of cream in a saucepan until just simmering. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate until smooth.

3. Stir in bloomed gelatin (if using) and vanilla. Let cool to room temp.

4. Whip the remaining 1 1/2 cups of cream (and sugar, if using) to soft peaks.

5. Fold the whipped cream gently into the cooled chocolate mixture until fully combined.

6. Spread mousse over the cooled cake in the same pan or a cake ring for neat edges.

7. Chill at least 4 hours or overnight.

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🍫 Optional Ganache or Decoration

Quick Ganache Drip:

• 1/4 cup heavy cream

• 1/3 cup chocolate chips

Heat cream, pour over chocolate, stir until smooth. Cool slightly and drizzle over chilled mousse.

Garnish Ideas:

• Chocolate curls or shards

• Cocoa powder dusting

• Whipped cream rosettes

• Fresh raspberries or strawberries

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🧊 Storage:

• Keep refrigerated. Best eaten within 3 days.

• Freezes well (wrapped tightly) without mousse topping.

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Would you like this adapted to a layer cake, mini versions, or a white chocolate mousse variation?