Sponge cake with chocolate mousse from Oleg Ilyin

This cake can easily be called an icon of the culinary style.

This cake must be prepared, if you urgently need a dose of happy hormones. A huge amount of useful dark chocolate and minimal amount of dough – what else is needed for happiness?

THE RECIPE FOR SPONGE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Biscuit:

4 eggs
100 g sugar
80 g flour
20 g cocoa

Impregnation:
100 ml sugar syrup
50 ml cherry liqueur

Chocolate mousse:

170 g chocolate 53%
170 g chocolate 70%
200 g egg yolks
135 ml cream 33% fat
285 ml cream 35% fat content
5 g gelatin
100 g sugar
50 ml of water

How to cook sponge cake with chocolate mousse:

1. For the sponge add eggs and sugar beat with a mixer in a lush white mass, first at low speed, and after a couple of minutes to increase the speed. Turn off the mixer and gently (required in batch) to enter the flour and cocoa, stir the batter with a spatula.

2. Pour the batter on a baking sheet lined with parchment, and bake in a preheated 180°C oven for 20-30 minutes. Cool slightly and soak the cherry liqueur mixed with sugar syrup.

3. For the chocolate mousse soak the gelatin in water according to instructions on the package. All the chocolate melt in a water bath, cream 33% fat bring to a boil. To combine melted chocolate with cream, mix thoroughly.

4. Put in a saucepan the sugar, cover with water, bring the syrup to the fire and boil until complete dissolution of sugar crystals.

5. Whisk the egg yolks and then in a thin stream to pour them in the hot sugar syrup, whisking constantly with a mixer. Should get lush mass. Add chocolate and cream, stir and put gelatin.

6. Whip the remaining cream, gently introduce them into the chocolate mousse and stir again.

7. On a serving dish or tray to put the cake, spread over the entire surface of the chocolate mousse, optionally garnish with a cherry soaked in rum, fresh berries or orange zest. published

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