Chocolate Mouse Cake

By minid33

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups caster sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp fine cloves
• 1/4 tsp fine nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp fine cinnamon
• 125 gr butter
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder(the best you can afford)
• Filling
• 500 ml cream
• 1 packet instant chocolate pudding
• 1 cup milk
• berries of your choice
• chocolate for decorating - make either chocolate curls or shavings.

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from my-easy-cooking.com

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare to cake tins (23 cm) - use either butter or non-stick spray . I also line the tins with baking paper.
Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy - about 10 minutes in mixer. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and other spices. Pour boiled water on cocoa and butter and mix until there are no more lumps. Add dry ingredients to egg and sugar mixture and then add cocoa mixture will stirring slowly. Mix well, but take care not to over-mix. Use a fold-in motion.
Bake for 25 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Remove cakes from tin and cool.

For the filling

Mix instant pudding with milk and set in the fridge for 20 minutes
Beat cream until stiff. Add pudding and whip until blended. Cut cake in 4 layers using a knife or a piece of thread. Layer with the chocolate "mouse" and decorate as you choose.

Although this cake is lovely and moist, I wanted something special, so I sprinkled each layer of cake with about 1 Tbsp of coffee liqueur.