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Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert has a nice balance of cake and chocolate mousse. The chocolate mousse is airy, fluffy and moist, just the way it should be, with a nice kick of coffee and liquor.

Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert

The idea was sparked at a party, where a friend of mine and I were eating mousse and she mentioned how great it would be to include a slice of cake in it. I loved the idea and decided to give it a try.

You’ll need to prepare a Sponge Cake (click link for recipe), which can be made a day in advance.

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Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert on a napkin on the table

Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert

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Servings
25 Units
Prep Time 40 mins
Cook Time 40 mins
Total Time 1 hr 30 mins
Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert has a nice balance of cake and chocolate mousse. The chocolate mousse is airy, fluffy and moist, just the way it should be, with a nice kick of coffee and liquor.

Ingredients

  • 1 sponge cake (see link for the recipe)
  • 3 tbsp Bailey Liquor bottom layer
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream bottom layer
  • 3 oz strong coffee
  • 2 tbsp Bailey Liquor
  • 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp gelatine
  • 1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions

  • Prepare a Sponge Cake on a 13×18 sheet, cake pan. Using your dessert cups or a cookie cutter, cut out the sponge cake. The size of this pan makes about 30 tiny dessert cups.
    Sponge cake cut into small circles and placed into small cups and a container filled with them
  • In a bowl, combine whipping cream with bailey liquor. Pour a spoonful over each sponge cake.
    Whipping cream and baileys liquor mixture poured over sponge cake
  • To melt everything on a steam bath, preheat water in a pot. Place a bowl on top of the pot with boiling water. Make sure that the bowl does not melt. Into the bowl, place chocolate chips, coffee and bailey liquor.
    A bowl on top of a steam bath filled with chocolate chips, bailey liquor and coffee
  •  Stir the ingredients until everything is competently melted. Add butter into that mixture and stir to dissolve.
    Chocolate, baileys and coffee mixture in a bowl
  • In a separate cup, place 1/4 cup of whipping cream and one teaspoon of gelatin, allow it to soften for 5 minutes. Microwave a cup with gelatin for 5 seconds; remove and stir until the mixture turns into runny texture. If need to, you can microwave gelatin a bit more. Add gelatin mixture into the chocolate, stir to combine.
    whipping cream and gelatin added to the chocolate mixture in a bowl
  • Place 1 1/2 cups of cold, heavy whipping cream into a mixer, beat cream to medium peaks. 
    Heavy whipping being beat in a KitchenAid mixture
  • Stir in half of the cream into the chocolate, fold in remaining whipped cream, don’t overwork the mousse.
    Chocolate being mixed into the whipping cream mixture in a bowl
  • Place chocolate mousse into a piping bag, fill equal amounts into each dessert cup.
    Chocolate mousse mixture being placed on top of the sponge cake in small cups
  •  Top with some shredded chocolate or cacao powder. You can also double up the layers for taller cups.
    Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert on a napkin on the table
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dessert
Amount Per Serving
Calories 221 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 10g50%
Cholesterol 54mg18%
Sodium 92mg4%
Potassium 110mg3%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 467IU9%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 34mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Posted October 4, 2013

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Natalya Drozhzhin

Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.

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