Chocolate Maple Cake with Mousse Frosting
A fun chocolate cake from Hungry Jack. The frosting is great!
Servings 8
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup pancake syrup
- ¼ cup strong brewed coffee
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup bleached all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Chocolate Maple Mousse Frosting
- 1 ¼ cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 8 oz. milk chocolate candy bar, chopped
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 cups heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease an 8-inch square pan.
- Melt the chocolate and butter together in the microwave and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Combine sugar, syrup, coffee, buttermilk, egg, vanilla and chocolate mixture in a large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until blended.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Gradually add flour mixture into chocolate mixture until blended. Spread batter in prepared pan.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
Chocolate Maple Mousse
- For mousse, melt chocolate chips in large microwave-safe bowl on HIGH 1 minute or until melted and smooth when stirred. Stir in syrup and about ½ cup cream until blended. Let cool for 5 minutes. Add remaining 1 ½ cups cold cream. Beat mousse mixture with electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff. Spread over cooled cake. Top with fresh fruit if desired.