Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cake

Name: Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cake
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces, plus extra for greasing pan; 7 ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine (see note); 3/4 teaspoon, instant espresso powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 4 large, eggs, separated; pinch, table salt; 1/3 cup packed (about 2 1/2 ounces), light brown sugar, crumbled with fingers to remove lumps; 2 tablespoons, cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-processed; 5 tablespoons, hot water; 7 ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine (see note); 1 1/2 cups, cold heavy cream; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 3/4 teaspoon, powdered gelatin; 1 tablespoon, water; 6 ounces, white chocolate chips (see note); 1 1/2 cups, cold heavy cream; , Shaved chocolate or cocoa powder for serving, optional (see note)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2009, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Cakes

SEASON 10

SERVES12 to 16

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1 hour cooling and 2½ hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Triple chocolate mousse cake is a truly decadent dessert. Most times, though, the mousse texture is exactly the same from one layer to the next and the flavor is so overpoweringly rich it’s hard to finish more than a few forkfuls. We set ou...

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