Chocolate Mousse Cake

One 9" cake

4 hrs 30 min (mostly chilling)

A light chocolate sponge base topped with silky chocolate mousse, chilled until set.

prepPreheat oven to 350°F / 175°C
prepLine a 9" cake pan with parchment on the bottom only
2 large eggs	Whisk eggs & sugar until pale, 3–4 min	Pour into pan, bake 350°F / 175°C, 12–14 min	Cool in pan 10 min, turn out onto rack	Line springform, place cake inside	Pour mousse over cake, spread evenly	Chill 4 hrs or overnight until set	Release pan, peel parchment, slice & serve
¼ cup / 50 g granulated sugar
⅓ cup / 43 g all purpose flour	Sift in flour, cocoa, salt & baking powder; fold
2 tbsp / 12 g cocoa powder
⅛ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
300 g semi-sweet chocolate chips	Melt chocolate with 1 cup cream, 30s intervals	Rest ganache 5 min	Fold third of whipped cream into ganache	Fold ganache mixture back into whipped cream
1 cup / 240 g heavy cream (chilled, for ganache)
1 ½ cups / 360 g heavy cream (chilled, for whipping)	Whisk remaining cream to medium peaks

Read left to right — each column combines what's behind it. Tap a step to check it off, or an ingredient to mark it as one you have.

Any recipe can look like this.

Paste a recipe, a link, or a photo of a cookbook page — get back the whole thing in one look.