Ingredients
Chocolate Base
375 g of butter (diced)
30 g of cocoa powder (sieved)
1˝ tbsps of instant coffee powder
220 g of caster sugar
3 eggs (lightly beaten)
200 g of plain flour (sieved)
1˝ tsps of baking powder (sieved)
150 g of walnuts (toasted and chopped)
Chocolate Mousse Cream
300 g of marshmallows (cut into smaller pieces)
120 g of butter (softened)
120 ml of fresh milk
500 g of Belgium chocolate buttons
400 ml of fresh whipping cream
50 g of colored marshmallows
Topping
100 ml of fresh whipping cream
300 g of dark chocolate (chopped)
48 pieces of colored marshmallows
50 g of dark chocolate (extra, melted by double-boiling, spoon into piping bag)
Baking Utensils Needed
10" square baking tin
10" square loose-base cake tin
Directions
Chocolate Brownie Preparation
- Preheat oven at 180°C. Line and grease a 10" square baking tin.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and add in cocoa powder and coffee.
- Stir in sugar and eggs. Fold in flour and lastly walnuts. Bake in prepared tin for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and transfer cake into a 10" square loose base cake tin.
Mousse Cream Preparation
- In a saucepan, place marshmallows, butter and milk and cook on low heat until marshmallows have melted.
- Turn off heat. Quickly stir in chocolate buttons until melting point.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk cream until stiff. Fold in chocolate mixture
from Step 2.
- Pour half the mixture onto base of no.(1) and arrange
colored marshmallows on mousse. Allow to set.
- Pour in remaining mousse and allow to set completely before spreading on topping.
- Divide cake into 16 pieces. Arrange 3 pieces of marshmallows on top of each slice and drizzle with melted chocolate.
Topping
- Heat cream in a double-boiler and add in chocolate. Stir until melting point.
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