Chocolate Mousse Hazelnut Cake
- 3 ounces hazelnuts (filberts) toasted
- 1/2 cup matzo meal
- 2 tablespoons potato starch
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 8 each egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 each egg whites
- 13 cup sugar
- 8 ounces chocolate
- 1/4 cup coffee strong
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
- Grease bottom of a 10 inch springform pan.
- Dust with cake meal and shake off excess.
- Combine the hazelnuts, 1/2 cup cake meal, potato starch and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- With elecrtic mixer beat the eightegg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar until slowly dissolving ribbons form when the beaters are lifted.
- Blend in the vanilla .
- With clean beaters, beat the whites and salt in another bowl until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add 13 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry.
- Fold 13 of the whites into the yolk mixture to lighten then fold it back into the whites.
- Sprinkle with the hazelnut mixture and fold gently.
- Turn the batter into the prepared pan spreading evenly.
- Bake until top is brown and tester comes out clean.
- Cool cake completely in the pan.
- Cake will deflate.
- For Mousse melt the chocolate with the coffee in a double boiled over gently simmering water; stir until smooth.
- Let cool.
- Beat the yolks into the chocolate 1 at a time.
- Blend in the brandy.
- Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add the sugar and beat until stiff but nor dry.
- Gently fold the whites into the chocolate mixture.
- Spread the mousse onto the cooled cake.
- Cover and refrigerate until the mousse is firm.
hazelnuts, matzo meal, potato starch, cinnamon, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, egg whites, sugar, chocolate, coffee, eggs, sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-mousse-hazelnut-cake-46391 (may not work)