Recipes Made with Cake Mixes

Chocolate-Almond Mousse Cake

Turn a simple cake mix into an elegant layer cake with a creamy filling.

This pretty cake only looks complicated; it's actually a snap to put together. It looks elegant on the dessert table and it serves a crowd.

Chocolate-Almond Mousse Cake

Prep: 50 min | Yield: 16 servings

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box devil's food cake mix with pudding*
  • 1 1/3 cups water
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 3 eggs

Mousse

  • 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, cut into pieces
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 cups whipping (heavy) cream, whipped

Topping

  • 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted**

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottom of pan with waxed paper; spray paper with cooking spray.
  2. Make cake mix as directed on box using water, oil and eggs. Pour batter into sprayed paper-lined pan.
  3. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
  4. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
  5. Invert cake onto wire rack; remove pan and paper. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, melt chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in almond extract. Cool 10 minutes or until slightly cooled. Gently stir cooled chocolate into whipped cream.
  7. Trim edges of cake. Cut cake lengthwise into 2 long layers. Place 1 layer on serving platter. Spread with 1/3 of mousse.
  8. Repeat with remaining cake layer and 1/3 of mousse.
  9. Place remaining 1/3 of mousse in pastry bag fitted with star tip. Pipe border around bottom and top of cake. Decorate top of cake with mousse rosettes. Sprinkle top with almonds.
  10. Store in refrigerator.

Notes

* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.

** To toast almonds, place them on cookie sheet and shake to form a uniform thin layer. Bake at 350 degrees F about 7 minutes or until they are just golden. For even toasting, shake the pan once or twice during baking.

Bake the cake in advance, let it cool, cut as directed in the recipe and wrap tightly with plastic wrap and foil. Seal it in a food-storage freezer plastic bag and freeze it up to three days. Prepare the mousse one day in advance. Early in the day, assemble the frozen cake with the chilled mousse; cover and refrigerate. Remove the dessert from the refrigerator one hour before serving.

Nutrition

Per serving: Calories 460 (Calories from Fat 300), Total Fat 33g (Saturated Fat 16g, Cholesterol 95mg; Sodium 250mg; Total Carbohydrate 37g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 26g), Protein 4g

Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15.00%; Vitamin C 0.00%; Calcium 10.00%; Iron 10.00%

Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 1/2 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 6 1/2 Fat

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Pillsbury



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