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Principia Discordia => Discordian Recipes => Topic started by: leln on July 15, 2009, 12:30:03 AM

Title: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: leln on July 15, 2009, 12:30:03 AM
So yesterday my mom and I were watching a cooking show in which the host turned a single chocolate mousse recipe into many delicious and fattening things. One of these was the chocolate mousse cake. He took a homemade chocolate mousse recipe, added flour and chocolate chips, and baked it for a moderate length of time in a water bath. Problem-though the basic mousse recipe was posted online, the variations were not. I've tried to Google the recipe, but I mostly get instructions for making a mousse-filled/smothered cake.

Does anyone have ideas for ways to make this happen? Tasty variations that make the experiment irrelevant?

Here's the mousse recipe.

Makes about 6 cups

12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely cut
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided and softened
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brewed coffee
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup heavy cream

Prepare a double-boiler: place a large heat-proof bowl over a pan, being sure water does not touch the bowl, and add chocolate and butter to the bowl. Once chocolate is completely melted, stir in the butter 1 piece at a time until fully incorporated. Keep scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula so the chocolate does not scorch. Remove the bowl from the pan and set aside. In the same double-boiler, place a large heat-proof bowl and whisk together the yolks, coffee and vanilla. While whisking, slowly add in sugar and whisk until thick. Pour mixture into a stand mixer and whisk until cool. Meanwhile, in another mixer or by hand in a chilled bowl, lift the cream into soft peaks. Fold the cream into cooled cooked eggs and cooled chocolate. It will set when cooled. Store in the refrigerator.
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 15, 2009, 03:12:21 AM
I would add 1 tsp baking powder and 2 cups of cake flour, and see what happens.
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: leln on July 15, 2009, 09:34:17 AM
Thanks! Were you thinking two cups of flour for the entire six cups of mousse? Also, any suggestions for oven temperature?
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: Triple Zero on July 15, 2009, 10:23:39 AM
Quote from: Broken AI on July 15, 2009, 09:51:51 AM
290!

FUCK YOU that was the temperature at which they killed my neighbour's grampa in WW2!! :argh!:
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: AFK on July 15, 2009, 01:58:24 PM
Find someone who wants to change their cake into choclate mousse. 
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: BADGE OF HONOR on July 15, 2009, 05:31:35 PM
Generally one bakes at around 350-375.
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: Fuquad on July 15, 2009, 07:01:23 PM
In my experience, one tends to bake around 420.

Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 17, 2009, 08:32:17 AM
Quote from: leln on July 15, 2009, 09:34:17 AM
Thanks! Were you thinking two cups of flour for the entire six cups of mousse? Also, any suggestions for oven temperature?

Yes, and 350.
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: leln on July 17, 2009, 09:48:55 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on July 17, 2009, 08:32:17 AM
Quote from: leln on July 15, 2009, 09:34:17 AM
Thanks! Were you thinking two cups of flour for the entire six cups of mousse? Also, any suggestions for oven temperature?

Yes, and 350.

Yay, thanks again! I can't wait to try this out. Provided I can save enough mousse to attempt the cake  :).
Title: Re: Does anyone have advice for converting chocolate mousse into cake?
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 17, 2009, 04:07:16 PM
Good luck!