Festive Chocolate Mousse Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 36 ladyfingers, 3 packages
• 2 cups nestlÉ® toll house® semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• 1 1/4 cups hot coffee
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
• 1/3 cup nestlÉ® toll house® semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• 1 teaspoon heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon hot coffee
• whipped cream, and (optional)
• orange rind twists (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for mousse cake:.
• 2 line bottom and side of 9 inch springform pan with split ladyfingers.
• 3 place morsels in bowl of food processor fitted with medal blade. with processor running slowly add hot coffee.
• 4 add oil and process until smooth. transfer chocolate mixture to large bowl: cool for 2-3 minutes.
• 5 fold whipped cream into cooled chocolate until no streaks remain.
• 6 pour 1/3 of mousse mixture into prepared pan.
• 7 place a layer of spiit ladyfingers over mousse layer.
• 8 pour 1/3 of mousse mixture over ladyfingers. repeat with remain split ladyfingers and mouse mixture.
• 9 cover; refrigerate overnight.
• 10 for chocolate glaze:.
• 11 heat morsels, cream and hot coffee in uncovered, medium microwave-safe bowl on hight power for 1 minute; stir until smooth. add additional coffee if needed to obtain drizzle consistency.
• 12 remove side of pan. drizzle sides and top with chocolate glaze.
• 13 garnish with whipped cream and curls, if desired.