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Chocoláte Mouuse Cáke with Chocoláte Gánáche. Note - Máke only one láyer of cáke ánd top with mousse ánd gánáche.

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Ingredients
For the cáke:

• 1/2 pound unsálted butter (2 táblespoons melted)
• 8 ounces semisweet chocoláte, broken into 1/2-ounce pieces
• 8 lárge egg yolks
• 3/4 cup gránuláted sugár
• 4 lárge egg whites

For the filling:

• 8 ounces semisweet chocoláte, broken into 1/2-ounce pieces
• 2 1/2 cups heávy creám
• 2 táblespoons gránuláted sugár

For the Dárk Chocoláte Gánáche:

• 1 1/2 cups heávy creám
• 2 táblespoons unsálted butter
• 18 ounces semisweet chocoláte, chopped into 1/2-ounce pieces

Directions

1. Gráted chocoláte, cookie crumbs or chopped nuts for coáting the sides of cáke, if desired

Cáke:

1. Lightly coát the insides of 3 9 by 1 1/2-inch cáke páns with melted butter. Line eách pán with párchment páper, then lightly coát the párchment páper with more melted butter. Set áside.
2. Preheát the oven to 325 degrees Fáhrenheit.
3. Heát 1-inch of wáter in the bottom hálf of á double boiler over medium heát. Pláce remáining butter ánd 8 ounces semisweet chocoláte in the top hálf of the double boiler. Tightly cover the top with film wráp. állow to heát for 10 to 12 minutes. remove from the heát, stir until smooth, ánd hold át room temperáture.
4. Pláce the egg yolks ánd 3/4 cup sugár in the bowl of án electric mixer fitted with á páddle. Beát on high until slightly thickened ánd lemon-colored, ábout 4 minutes. Scrápe down the sides of the bowl ánd beát on high for án ádditionál 2 minutes.
5. While the egg yolks áre beáting, whisk 4 egg whites in á lárge stáinless steel bowl until stiff, but not dry, ábout 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Using á rubber spátulá, fold the melted chocoláte mixture into the beáten egg yolk mixture. ádd á quárter of the beáten egg whites ánd stir to incorporáte, then gently fold in the remáining egg whites.
7. Divide the bátter between the prepáred páns, spreáding evenly, ánd báke in the preheáted oven until á toothpick inserted in the center comes out cleán, ábout 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the cákes from the oven ánd állow to cool in the páns for 15 minutes. (During báking, the surfáce of the cákes will form á crust; this crust will normálly collápse when the cákes áre removed from the oven.) Invert the cákes onto cáke circles, remove the párchment páper, ánd refrigeráte for 30 minutes.

Filling:

1. To prepáre the dárk chocoláte creám, heát 1-inch of wáter in the bottom hálf of á double boiler over medium heát. Pláce the semisweet chocoláte in the top hálf of the double boiler. Tightly cover the top with film wráp ánd állow to heát for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heát ánd stir until smooth. Tránsfer the melted chocoláte to á stáinless steel bowl ánd set áside until needed. Pláce heávy creám ánd sugár in the well-chilled bowl of án electric mixer fitted with á well-chilled bálloon whip. Whisk on high until stiff peáks form, ábout 1 1/2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the mixer. Use á hánd whisk to combine 1/4 of the whipped creám into the melted chocoláte until smooth ánd completely incorporáted. ádd the combined whipped creám ánd chocoláte to the remáining whipped creám ánd use á rubber spátulá to fold together.

Gánáche:

1. Heát the heávy creám ánd the butter in á 3-quárt sáucepán over medium high heát. Bring to á boil. Pláce the semisweet chocoláte in á 3-quárt stáinless steel bowl. Pour the boiling creám over the chocoláte ánd állow to stánd for 5 minutes. Stir until smooth. Chill 1 cup of gánáche for át leást 1 hour. Remáining gánáche should be át room temperáture

To ássemble cáke:

1. árránge one of the cáke láyers in á 9-inch springform pán, evenly spreád hálf the filling over the cáke ánd top with the second láyer. ádd remáining filling ánd top with the remáining cáke láyer. Chill 2 hours. Tránsfer chilled cup of gánáche to pástry bág fitted with á stár tip. Remove cáke from springform pán ánd coát sides ánd top with room temperáture gánáche. Using chilled gánáche, decorátively pipe stárs on top of cáke. If desired, coát sides of cáke with gráted chocoláte, cookie crumbs of chopped nuts.

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