Individual Despacito Cakes 🍫

Name: Individual Despacito Cakes 🍫
Total time: 900 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Ingredients: Cake:; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup sugar (100 g); 1/3 cup milk (100 ml); 1/3 cup oil (100 ml); 1 pinch salt; 1/2 cup flour (60 g); 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (60 g); 1 teaspoon baking powder (about 1/2 packet); To soak the cake:; 1/3 cup cold milk (100 ml); Chocolate mousse:; 3 1/2 oz chocolate (100 g); 3 tablespoons heavy cream (50 ml); Topping:; 6 chocolate truffles; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

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Algérie

Also known as Brazilian cake, this dessert features chocolate cake soaked in milk, milk chocolate or a chocolate/coffee syrup, and topped with a generous layer of chocolate mousse.

Un amour de cuisine @unamourdecuisine

Algérie

Also known as Brazilian cake, this dessert features chocolate cake soaked in milk, milk chocolate or a chocolate/coffee syrup, and topped with a generous layer of chocolate mousse.

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Ingredients

About 15 minutes

Serves 6 servings

Cake:
2eggs
1/2 cupsugar (100 g)
1/3 cupmilk (100 ml)
1/3 cupoil (100 ml)
1 pinchsalt
1/2 cupflour (60 g)
2/3 cupunsweetened cocoa powder (60 g)
1 teaspoonbaking powder (about 1/2 packet)
To soak the cake:
1/3 cupcold milk (100 ml)
Chocolate mousse:
3 1/2 ozchocolate (100 g)
3 tablespoonsheavy cream (50 ml)
Topping:
6chocolate truffles
2 tablespoonscocoa powder

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Steps

About 15 minutes

1

Cake:
2

Beat the eggs, sugar, and salt together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3

Add the milk and mix well.
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Add the oil and mix again.
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Gently fold in the sifted flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder using a spatula, mixing from the bottom up.
6

Pour the cake batter into greased mini molds, filling each mold halfway.
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Bake at 350°F (180°C) for about 15 minutes.
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When the cakes come out of the oven, poke them with a skewer and drizzle with cold milk. Set aside.
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Chocolate mousse:
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Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt it in the microwave or over a double boiler.
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Whip the cold heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
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Add a little cooled melted chocolate to the whipped cream and gently fold it in with a spatula.
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Add the remaining melted chocolate and mix until you have a smooth chocolate mousse.
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Cover the cooled mini cakes with the chocolate mousse and refrigerate.
15

Before serving, dust with cocoa powder and top each cake with a chocolate truffle for extra indulgence.