Chocolate Maple Coffee Cake with Chocolate Maple Mousse

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Chocolate Maple Cake with Chocolate Maple Mousse

 

Chocolate Maple Coffee Cake with Chocolate Maple Mousse is a mouthful to say but it tastes sweet and moist. Maple and coffee are great friends, they usually hang out together at breakfast time but we have found a way for them to be together at dessert time too. This cake recipe is best with Sasquatch Coffee and is fairly simple to make as far as cakes go. Let yourself enjoy this Chocolate Maple Coffee Cake with Chocolate Maple Mousse instead of helping the kids finish off their Halloween candy. Your recipe is ready and waiting for you below.

Ingredients
CHOCOLATE MAPLE COFFEE CAKE

  • No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
  • 1/4 cup strong brewed Sasquatch Coffee
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

CHOCOLATE MAPLE MOUSSE

  • 2 cups heavy cream, divided
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons Maple Syrup
  • 8 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
  • Fresh fruit

Directions
CHOCOLATE MAPLE CAKE

  1. HEAT oven to 350°F. Coat 8 x 8-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
  2. MELT chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat. Cool 5 minutes. Combine sugar, syrup, coffee, buttermilk, egg, vanilla and chocolate mixture in a large bowl. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Stir flour mixture into chocolate mixture until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.

CHOCOLATE MAPLE MOUSSE

  1. BRING 2/3 cup heavy cream to a boil. Combine syrup and milk chocolate in medium bowl. Pour boiling cream over chocolate mixture. Wait 30 seconds then stir. Stir in remaining 1 1/3 cups heavy cream to mixture with electric mixer on medium speed. Chill mixture for 1 hour. Beat mousse until soft peak. Spread over cake. Top with fresh fruit if desired.

SRC: Find the original version of this recipe at: www.millstone.com/coffee-recipes/millstone-chocolate-maple-cake-with-chocolate-maple-mousse-5613