Chocolate mousse cakeChocolate mousse cake with marzipan and a sour twist. Serves 10 people
The cake is made up of 5 layers, so allow plenty of time to make it.
Mazarin base
150 g good marzipan
100 g sugar
65 g soft butter
1 dl tempered egg
Mix the marzipan with the sugar until smooth and add the soft butter a few times. Finally, eggs are stirred in several times to a homogeneous mass.
Grease a springform pan with a diameter of 20 cm and put baking paper in the bottom. Bake at 170 degrees for 10-15 minutes. You can also use an oblong cake pan.
Crispy cornflakes base
90 g nougat
20 g white chocolate
40 g cornflakes
Melt the nougat and white chocolate together and mix in the cornflakes until smooth. Spread on the cold mazarin base and cool completely.
Lemon curd
75 g past. egg yolks
65 g sugar
60 g lemon juice
110 g butter
Egg yolks, sugar and lemon are alloyed (slowly heated) to 82 degrees in a water bath with constant stirring, cooled to 35 degrees, then the butter is blended into a homogeneous mass. Spread the mixture on the cornflakes base.
Caramel mousse
110 g caramel chocolate melted
(e.g. of the brand Callebaut, which can be bought online - buy plenty, it tastes fantastic)
1.5 pcs. past. egg yolk
1.5 tbsp. icing sugar
2 soaked leaves of gelatine
1 tbsp. cream
3 dl lightly whipped cream
Melt the chocolate gently. Whisk the egg yolks with the icing sugar. Melt the gelatine in a saucepan with 1 tbsp. cream and stir it quickly into the egg mixture. Then stir in the warm melted chocolate to a homogeneous consistency. Finally, fold the lightly whipped cream into the chocolate mixture. Spread the chocolate mousse in the springform pan or oblong mold and refrigerate.