Dovers House B and B Near Looe Proudly Presents - Our Chocolate Orange Mousse cake

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Unfortunately for our Waist lines - every day at our B and B near Looe is the perfect day for cake, pudding, dessert or just plain old deliciousnsess!!!

However Our Chocolate Orange Mousse Cake is The perfect treat that isn't actually that naughty!!!

Try this Chocolate Orange Mousse cake for a lighter pudding after a heavy meal. Its rich and zesty for that perfect melt in the mouth Sensation....

Always looking to make life easier, I usually whip up the cake part the night before, then it feels like this dessert takes no time at all.

Ingredients:

Sponge Base - 

• 110g Caster Sugar
• 110g Plain Flour
• 110g Butter or Margerine
• 1tsp baking powder
• 2 Eggs
• 2 and 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2-3 drops of orange essence 
• 2 drops of vanilla essence 
• Chocolate chips optional

Chocolate Mousse -

• 4 Eggs Seperated
• 200g chocolate of your choice (a rich in cocoa solids dark chocolate usually works best)
• Juice and Zest of 2 Oranges or the zest of two oranges and a generous dash of orange liqueur if you want to be a bit naughty!! 

Method:

• Combine all of the sponge ingredients together in a mixer, then turn out into a greased springform/clip tin and bake at around 180C for approx 20 minutes. Once the knitting needle test has proved a success remove from the oven and leave to cool - the cake needs to be as cold as possible before adding the mousse topping. 
• Whip up the egg whites until stiff.
• Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in the microwave and then leave to cool slightly. 
• Once the chocolate has begun to cool, add the orange juice/liquer and the rind and mix vigorously. Then add the egg yolks. It may look at this point that it has gone a bit wrong, but just keep stirring until the mixture is glossy and smooth.
• Fold in the egg whites softly trying to keep as much air in as possible.
• Then turn out onto the sponge and leave to set for 1-2 hours.

 To serve - either leave it plain and simple or decorate with a dusting of cocoa powder or light and dark chocolate curls. Then serve on its own, or with a shot of orange liqueur for the over eighteens ;) 


Keep an eye on our blog for more recipe idea's, and check out our website www.dovershouse.co.uk to see what Dovers House B and B Looe is all about.