Dark chocolate orange mousse cake recipe | delicious. magazine

Dark chocolate orange mousse cake recipe | delicious. magazine

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Keep this dark chocolate orange mousse cake recipe in your repertoire for the best showoff, show-stopping chocolate cake.

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Ingredients

  • For the genoese sponge
  • 2 large free-range egg whites
  • 88g golden caster sugar
  • 6 free-range egg yolks
  • 88g plain flour, sifted
  • For the wafer biscuit
  • 65g milk chocolate (minimum 30% cocoa solids)
  • 60g cornflakes
  • 35g ground almonds, whizzed with 15g dark brown sugar and 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • For the chocolate mousse
  • 230g dark chocolate, finely chopped (minimum 70% cocoa solids. William uses Amadei Toscano 70%)
  • 6 large free-range egg yolks
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 30ml water
  • 250ml whipping cream
  • For the Grand Marnier syrup
  • 45g caster sugar
  • 45g water
  • 40ml Grand Marnier orange liqueur
  • ¼ vanilla pod
  • For the chocolate glaçage
  • 175ml whipping cream
  • 33g caster sugar
  • 26g liquid glucose (available in the baking aisle of large supermarkets or online)
  • 100g dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), finely chopped
  • To assemble
  • 3 tbsp sweet orange marmalade (we used Robinson’s Golden Shred)
  • Chocolate curls
  • Edible gold leaf (available online from https://www.squires-shop.com/catalogue/edible-silver-and-gold-leafsquires-shop.com)

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