Chocolate gateaux

[little_O]

I feel like making a chocolate gataeux for tonight.

Does anyone have a great recipe for me? Or where to point me to one?

Preferably something with a mousse style element? But open to suggestions

[Mrs P]

Nope but my goodness I'd love to be your neighbour today

[little_O]

Don't think it would make it to you before going soft lol

Ended up making a chocolate mousse gateaux with orange.

A lot simpler than I expected and all the extended family loved it...so they said anyways

[Rouge]

Yummo! I do love a good gateaux! What recipe did you use so I can file it away for later

[little_O]

It was one I found via the courier mail:

Preparation: 35 minutes plus cooling and 6 hours chilling time

Cooking: 1 hour

Ingredients:

250g dark chocolate melts

125g butter, chopped

60ml (1/4 cup) orange juice

2 tbsp finely grated orange rind

4 eggs, separated

100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar

2 tsp vanilla bean paste

155g (11/2 cups) almond meal

2 tbsp caster sugar, extra

Candied orange slices, to decorate

Mousse

125g dark chocolate melts

300ml ctn thickened cream

2 tsp finely grated orange rind

2 tsp vanilla bean paste

1 egg white

55g (1/4 cup) caster sugar

Method:


1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 22cm (base measurement) round springform pan.

2. Stir the chocolate, butter, orange juice and rind in a saucepan over low heat

for 3-5 minutes or until melted. Cool for 10 minutes.

3. Use electric beaters to beat the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla in a bowl until thick and pale. Beat in the chocolate mixture and almond meal.

4. Use electric beaters to beat the egg whites and extra sugar in a clean, dry bowl until soft peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture until just combined. Pour into pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan.

5. To make the mousse, stir the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over low heat for 3-5 minutes or until smooth. Stir in the orange rind and vanilla. Pour into a bowl. Cover and chill for 1-2 hours.

6. Beat the chocolate mixture with electric beaters until soft peaks form. Use beaters to beat egg white and sugar in a clean, dry bowl until soft peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture until just combined. Spread the mousse over the cake and smooth. Cover and chill for 4 hours or until firm.

My oven only took 30 min to bake so keep an eye on it. Also I used normal dark cooking chocolate instead of melts. Oh and I used pure vanilla in lieu of the paste.

The orange was beautiful but I think I might experiment with hazelnut next time

[Rouge]

Oh noms! Thank you!