Double Mousse Dome Cake (Zuccotto Cake)
Double Mousse Dome Cake (Zuccotto Cake)

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, double mousse dome cake (zuccotto cake). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Great recipe for Double Mousse Dome Cake (Zuccotto Cake). I was determined to make a zuccotto cake for Christmas but only had a vague idea at first. So I created this by incorporating things that my son and husband like.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have double mousse dome cake (zuccotto cake) using 25 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Double Mousse Dome Cake (Zuccotto Cake):
  1. Prepare Sponge cake (refer to the following recipe: https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/146484-foolproof-fluffy-genoise-sponge-cake)
  2. Prepare Decoration
  3. Make ready Heavy cream
  4. Take Sugar
  5. Prepare Strawberries
  6. Make ready Blueberries
  7. Take Silver dragées
  8. Get Powdered sugar
  9. Prepare Diced almonds
  10. Prepare Chocolate mousse
  11. Take Chocolate
  12. Prepare Milk
  13. Take Rum (optional)
  14. Make ready Powdered gelatin
  15. Take Heavy cream
  16. Prepare ☆No-bake cream cheese mousse with strawberries and blueberries
  17. Make ready Heavy cream
  18. Get Powdered gelatin
  19. Get Water
  20. Take Strawberries
  21. Make ready Blueberries
  22. Take Granulated sugar
  23. Make ready Lemon juice
  24. Prepare ＊ Yogurt
  25. Take ＊ Cream cheese

It consists of pieces of sponge cake (Pan di Spagna) along with whipped cream or mousse, chocolate and nuts. It often has a layer of fruit for its base. To make Zuccotto you line a mould or a bowl with pieces This Double Chocolate Mousse Cake may only use two types of chocolate, but it's definitely four layers of amazing texture and flavor! Layer One - fluffy dark chocolate cake.

Instructions to make Double Mousse Dome Cake (Zuccotto Cake):
  1. Prepare the sponge cake. I use this recipe here: https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/146484-foolproof-fluffy-genoise-sponge-cake - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/146484-foolproof-fluffy-genoise-sponge-cake
  2. Slice the sponge cake into 4 layers.
  3. Cut one layer into 4 strips and another into a smaller circle.
  4. Line a bowl with plastic wrap and place 1 layer of the sliced sponge cake at the bottom. Line the sides with the 4 strips of cake.
  5. Cover the bowl from Step 4 and the rest of the sponge cake with plastic wrap. Whip the heavy cream (for the cream cheese mousse) until it forms thick ribbons when the whisk is lifted.
  6. Cut the strawberries in small pieces and combine with blueberries, granulated sugar, and lemon juice. Microwave at 500 W for 1 minute.
  7. Combine the water and gelatin. Microwave at 500W for 30 seconds. Add the berry mixture from Step 6 and ingredients in a blender and blend. Blend in the heated gelatin afterwards.
  8. Add the mixture from Step 7 into the whipped cream from Step 5 and mix thoroughly.
  9. Pour in the batter from Step 8 into the bowl from Step 4.
  10. Place the small circular sponge cake on top, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge.
  11. Let's make the chocolate mousse. Roughly chop the chocolate and combine with the milk. Microwave at 600 W for 1 minute and mix well.
  12. Sprinkle in the powdered gelatin and mix well.
  13. While letting the chocolate mixture cool, whip the heavy cream until it forms thick ribbons when the whisk is lifted.
  14. Add the chocolate mixture into the whipped cream and mix thoroughly.
  15. Take the cake from Step 10 out of the fridge, and pour in the mixture from Step 14.
  16. Place the remaining sponge cake, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for about 1 to 1.5 hours to harden.
  17. Remove from fridge, take off the plastic wrap and place the bottom of the mold on top.
  18. Flip it over on a cake plate or a rack.
  19. Add the sugar into heavy cream, whip until soft peaks form, and spread it around the cake.
  20. Decorate with strawberries, blueberries and it's done.
  21. My son decorated it into a Christmas cake using some meringue sweets. He has a surprisingly good taste!
  22. The inside looks like this.

It's adapted from my Chocolate Eggnog Cake recipe, but you can definitely use a (half of a) box mix if you prefer. Zuccotto is pound cake or other sweet cake cut into pieces and molded into a bowl and filled with delicious sweet, chocolate almond cream. When it is turned out, it is supposed to look like Il Duomo, the famous cathedral in Florence. Reserve round sponge cake layer to use on top. Brush both sides of each triangle with some syrup.

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