Kapiti Simply Natural Chocolate Mousse Cake
Made with Simply Natural
A decadent chocolate mousse cake made with our indulgent thick and creamy natural yoghurt.
Prep Time
1 HOURS
Cook Time
5 HOURS
Serves
8-10
Ingredients
Cake base
- 80ml milk
- 1/3 tsp cream of tartar
- 40g canola oil
- 1 small eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 90g flour
- 35g dark cocoa
- 145g sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 100g hot water
Chocolate Mousse
- 15g powdered gelatine
- 45mls cold water
- 500g melted chocolate
- 125ml water
- 300g sugar
- 7 egg yolks
- 425ml cream - soft whipped
- 425ml Kāpiti Simply Natural Yoghurt
Method
Cake Base
- Preheat over to 150 degrees.
- Place milk and tartar in a small glass, stir and set aside for 5mins
- In a bowl combine the oil, egg and vanilla
- Sift flour, cocoa, sugar baking soda and baking powder into a separate bowl.
- Add milk solution to oil mix.
- Add wet mix to the dry mix.
- Mix to combine, then slowly add hot water and mix until it becomes a batter.
Chocolate Mousse
- Sprinkle gelatine over cold water. Stir slowly and leave to set.
- Separate egg yolks and whites.
- Put sugar and 125ml water into a pan and leave on stove top.
- Melt chocolate.
- Add cream to another bowl ready to whip.
- Put sugar and water onto a medium heat stirring until sugar has dissolved.
- Once sugar has dissolved, take the pan off the heat and slowly whisk in egg yolks. Keep whisking until its all mixed in.
- Put the pan back on the heat and keep cooking till the bottom of the mix starts to get thick.
- Remove from stove and pour through a sieve into a bowl. Add gelatine into hot mix and leave to melt.
- Whip cream until soft.
- Pour melted chocolate into egg mix and beat with electric whisk.
- Get a large bowl, pour in the whipped cream, then the chocolate mix. Whip together until there are no bubbles.
- Pour onto chocolate cake base and place in fridge to set for 4-5 hours.
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