Flourless Chocolate Mousse Cake

Published February 9, 2014

If you are still looking for a special dessert for Valentine’s Day this cake might just be what you are looking for. It is easy to make and impressive to serve. I decorated it with powdered sugar and chocolate whipped cream.

Flourless Chocolate Mousse Cake

½ c. each sugar and water

1 stick butter

12 oz. semi sweet chocolate

6 eggs

¼ dark rum or other liqueur

Butter an eight inch cake pan and line with parchment. In saucepan heat together water and sugar until they boil. Stir in butter and bring to boil. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until melted. Beat in eggs until smooth and stir in rum. Pour batter into prepared pan and place pan in a roasting pan. Pour boiling water into roaster to come up sides of pan 1 inch. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 45 minutes. Cool, invert onto plate.

Serve cake topped with whipped cream and decorate with raspberries, other fresh fruit or even toasted nuts. Dense and rich this cake serves 8-10. Leftovers can be frozen.

Fresh out of the oven

Chocolate Whipped Cream

1/2 c. whipping cream

1/4 c. powdered sugar

2 T. cocoa

Combine powdered sugar and cocoa and set aside. Whip cream until soft peaks form and then beat in the powdered sugar mixture. Pipe onto desserts.

Chocolate Whipped Cream