Mont Diavolo

Name: Mont Diavolo
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 9 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 40 g (1½ oz) unsalted butter; ½ teaspoon baking powder; a pinch of salt; 40 g (1½ oz) cocoa powder; 900 ml (1½ pints) whipping cream; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; 325 g (11 oz) plain chocolate, chopped very finely; 50 g (2 oz) vanilla caster sugar; 4 tablespoons water; 100 g (3½ oz) plain flour; 2 tablespoons milk; 40 g (1½ oz) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 25 g (1 oz) gelatine; 150 g (5 oz) vanilla caster sugar, plus extra for dusting; 4 eggs; 150 g (5 oz) plain chocolate, chopped; 6 eggs, separated

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
10 hr

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

This is a spectacular dessert, the kind that your guests will go home talking about. A mountain of chocolate mousse is hidden under a layer of sponge cake covered in chocolate icing.

Ingredients

For the cake

100 g (3½ oz) plain flour
40 g (1½

Dessert

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F

For the cake: preheat the oven. Line a 30 X 36 cm (12 X 14-inch) baking tray with baking parchment. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together three times. Break the eggs into a large heatproof bowl, preferably a copper