Chocolate Mousse Gâteaux

Name: Chocolate Mousse Gâteaux
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: ½ pint (300 ml) double or whipping cream; 1 tablespoon (15 ml spoon) icing sugar; 12 oz (350 g) fresh raspberries, plus a few to decorate; oil, for greasing; 5 large eggs (size 1–2), separated; 6 oz (175 g) good plain chocolate, broken up; 6 oz (175 g) plus 1 tablespoon (15 ml spoon) caster sugar; 2 tablespoons (2 x 15 ml spoon) very hot water

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Sweet Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1985

About

This is a combination of old favourites – chocolate, cream and raspberries. The gâteaux is featherlight and moist at the same time and the whole thing looks and tastes a dream. In winter I use a small jar of black cherry jam instead of fresh raspberries.

Ingredients

6 oz (175 g) good plain chocolate, broken up
5 large eggs (size 1–2), separated

Dessert
Winter
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven. Brush two 7–8-inch (18–20 cm) sandwich tins with oil and put a disc of greaseproof paper in the bottom of each. Put the chocolate into a bowl over a pan of hot, but not boiling, water. St