Chocolate Mousse Slice

I had an urge to make something Mousse related, and since Mousse itself would be not too exciting, what better than a slice?! I used milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, Dairy Milk to be exact. This is not something you'd want to eat alot of! I got the real of approval from my partner, so it mustn't be too shabby huh! I got this recipe off Taste.com.au, and some people were saying they had problems with it not setting right, and the mousse ingredients separating. It set fine for me, and didn't separate. It was pointed out that the ingredients will separate if you don't allow them to cool properly.

Base:

• 1 1/2 cups self rising flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 200g butter, melted
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted

Mousse:

• 300g dark chocolate, chopped
• 2 eggs, seperated
• 3/4 cup thickened cream, whipped
• shaved chocolate and cream to serve

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C(fan forced). Line the base of an 18x28cm slice pan with baking paper, allowing an overhang on all sides.
2. Combine flour, sugar, butter and cocoa powder in a bowl. Press over the base of prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until firm to touch. Cool completely.
3. Place chocolate in a metal bowl over a pot of boiling water, and melt it. Cool.
4. Add egg yolks to chocolate. Stir until just combined. Fold in cream. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into the chocolate mixture. Spoon over the base, and use a spatula to level the top. Refrigerate for 6 hours. Cut into squares and serve.

Cut off the end for a better image of the layers. And for a taste test :)

Coca-Cola Cupcakes

You can see that I got impatient and iced them before it cooled down!

 

Coca-cola...Cupcakes? Weird I know. Gave it a shot. Not too bad! Considering I'm a die-hard chocolate fan, nothing but chocolate is really going to hit the mark for me. I was too impatient to wait for the icing to cool enough, so you can see how it's flattened out. I used rainbow dust, Hologram White, but I should really get my hands on a red one. You can't let me loose in Trends though, I lose it a bit amongst all the cupcake decorations! The mixture was REALLY runny, so I debated adding some extra flour. I cooked one first to see how it turned out. So it's actually fine really runny. It also made 24 cupcakes...And the icing didn't quite cover that. I think I have about 5 uniced. So just add a little extra to the frosting ingredients. Another quarter should do it.

 

 

Coca-Cola Cupcakes Ingredients:

• 1 cup Coca-Cola
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 22 large marshmallows
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Line 24 cupcakes cases.
2. In a small saucepan mix cola, butter, oil and cocoa. Bring to boil. Remove from heat and add marshmallows. Place lid on the saucepan and leave until marshmallows begin to melt. Stir well.
3. Mix flour, sugar and baking soda in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Mix well and combine with the above. Pour into the cupcakes cases.
4. Bake for 20 minutes, then cool.

Coca-Cola Frosting:

• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 6 tbsp Coca-Cola
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

1. In a medium saucepan mix together cola, cocoa and butter. Heat over medium heat until melted, then bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and add icing sugar and vanilla. Stir well.
2. Let frosting cool until stiff enough to frost cupcakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

This has to be the best chocolate chip recipe I have ever come across. When I made the above I halved the recipe, because I've made them before and it is ALOT of cookies! So if you have been searching for a great simple chocolate chip cookie recipe, look no further :)

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp hot water
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Line a tray with baking paper.
2. Cream butter and sugars. Beat in eggs one at a time, and then stir in the vanilla extract. Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water, and stir this in along with the salt. Sift the flour, and stir in. Beat, and add the chocolate chips. Place spoonfuls onto the baking tray.
3. Bake for 10 minutes. (Makes 4 dozen)