Mocha Mousse Cake

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) box supermoist fudge cake mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur or 1 tablespoon strong coffee
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup coffee liqueur or 1/3 cup strong coffee
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees. grease the bottoms and sides of three 8 or 9-inch round cake pans with shortening or oil and flour. (do not use cooking spray.)
• 2 in a large bowl, beat the cake ingredients on low speed for 1 minute, scraping the bowl constantly. pour 1 3/4 cups batter in each pan. (if you only have 2 pans, refrigerate the unused batter until needed.).
• 3 bake 24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. cool 10 minutes. turn cakes onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• 4 meanwhile, in a 2 quart saucepan, make the mocha mousse. mix 1/4 cup of the whipping cream, sugar, and coffee and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture simmers; remove from heat.
• 5 add the chocolate chips and vanilla and stir until the chips are melted. chill 10 minutes in the refrigerator.
• 6 in a chilled bowl, whip the remaining 1/2 cup cream until soft peaks form. fold into the cooled chocolate mixture. cover and return to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• 7 in another chilled bowl, beat all the ingredients for the topping on high speed until soft peaks form.
• 8 to assemble, fill the layers with the mousse. spread the frosting over the top and sides. shave a plain chocolate bar, if desired, with a vegetable peeler for garnish.
• 9 cover and refrigerate 2 hours before serving. store covered in the refrigerator.