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Decadent Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake /Pie has a Chocolate almond crust, a dark Chocolate mousse, a lighter mousse. No palm oil Makes 1 8 inch pan Jump to Recipe Â
I told you. This year is going to be chocolatey. Be ready for a Chocolate Coma. This insanely delicious and decadent Triple Layer Chocolate Mousse Cake or Pie has a chocolate oat almond crust, a dark chocolate mousse layer and a lighter chocolate mousse layer. Top it with vanilla ice cream for the best ever dessert.Â
The entire cake has 7 oz of cocoa/cacao butter which is what keeps the mousse solid enough to not be liquid. The chocolate I used is Theo’s dark chocolate which also uses cocoa butter and no other random oils. So There is no palm oil in this huge cake! I used a bit of tofu to add volume, which can be easily replaced by very thick cashew cream. The 7 oz Cocoa butter is enough to set the mousse layers. If you do not want to eat anything other than mousse, skip the crust and make 2 layers mousse cake.Â
Death by Chocolate Mousse!
You can use a baked chocolate cake/torte like this one, as the bottom layer instead of the Oat almond layer. That will be an even taller mousse cake.  This is quite a decadent dessert and can easily serve a party of 10 to 12.Â
Now if you will excuse me, I need to finish off this piece before the Ice cream melts.
Yeah, do not go on my pouring skills. or cleaning up the edges skills 😉 This Cake = Awesome!Â
One day, some weeks ago, I was craving some chocolate. Most of the options in stores or restaurants use a good amount of shortening/butter that is palm oil based and it always bugs me to consume that much palm oil, sustainable or not. So I was looking in my pantry and happened upon my stash of cocoa butter (I had 3 containers that I got early this year when they were on sale!) and hence came this mousse cake. It is not all black and white either though. Palm oil industry has serious impact on environmental, animal life (orangutans and others), people and sustainable practices are still questionable, while Cocoa industry is surrounded by unfair farming practices, child labor and more. Fair trade cocoa product partners list can be found here.
I never got around to using the cocoa butter jars because it is difficult to melt the cocoa butter to get a small amount out. So I melted the whole container and made this tall tall mousse cake. 2 layers of mousse and a crust. Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate!Â
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Ingredients Â
Base Cocoa butter + Chocolate Mixture:
- 7 oz cocoa butter, Now foods or Fair trade certified Artisana or Navitas Naturals I used Now foods)
- 3 Theo Classic Organic, 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate Fair trade, 3-Ounce Bars or other Vegan chocolate (9 oz, or 2 loaded cups of dark or semi sweet chocolate)
- 1/3 cup coconut milk, full fat, canned
- 1/3 cup ground raw sugar or other fine sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
Crust
- 1/2 cup finely ground oat flour, use certified gf oats, or use more almond flour to omit oats
- 1/2 cup finely ground almond flour, use oat flour to omit nuts
- 1/3 cup ground raw sugar
- 3 Tbsp of base cocoa butter chocolate mixture
- 2 to 3 tsp maple syrup
Dark Chocolate Mousse layer
- All of the base (minus 3 tbsp) of Cocoa butter +chocolate Mixture
- 1/3 cup coconut milk, full fat
- 1/3 cup firm or silken tofu, well drained
- 1/4 cup ground raw sugar
Light Chocolate Mousse Layer:
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/3 cup ground raw sugar
- 1/2 cup firm or silken tofu, well drained
- 1.5 tsp vanilla
- 3 Tbsp melted cocoa butter
- 3 tbsp of the reserved cocoa butter + chocolate mixture
InstructionsÂ
- Base cocoa butter + chocolate mixture: In a pan, add the cocoa butter and heat at medium heat until fully melted. Depending on the cocoa butter, it can take 10 or more mins. Remove from heat when melted.
- Remove 3 Tbsp of the melted cocoa butter into a bowl and set aside.
- To the melted hot cocoa butter in the pan, add the dark chocolate let sit for half a minute. Whisk the dark chocolate to melt evenly.
- Meanwhile, mix the 1/3 cup sugar into 1/3 cup coconut milk until well combined. Add this and vanilla to the pan and mix well until smooth and shiny. This is the base cocoa butter + chocolate mixture.
- Make the dark chocolate mousse layer: Add the rest of the base cocoa butter = chocolate mixture to a blender, add 1/3 cup coconut milk, 1/3 cup tofu or very thick cashew cream, sugar and blend to a smooth consistency. Pour 2/3 of this blended mixture into the cake pan. Reserve the 1/3 of the mixture in the blender. Refrigerate the cake pan with the dark chocolate mousse for 15 mins.
- Make the lighter chocolate mousse layer: Add 1/2 cup coconut milk, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup tofu, 1.5 tsp vanilla, the 3 Tbsp reserved cocoa butter from step 2, to the blender (which has the reserve mix from step 6), and blend to smooth consistency. Pour into the pan over the dark chocolate layer. Even it out with a spatula if needed.
- Chill the cake for a few hours, slice and serve with a dollop of vegan vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- Makes a tall 8 inch round cake pan. I used a spring form pan.
- I used store bought Oat and almond flour. If you are grinding the oats and almonds, grind them together so the almonds can be ground fine without becoming nut butter. Â
- Use a mix of dark chocolate and vegan semi sweet for best results. Some dark chocolate can add a slight bitter flavor profile. Taste and adjust the layers before assembly and add some cocoa powder for more chocolate, sugar for sweeter etcÂ
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Is it possible to replace the cocoa butter? It’s not easily available where I am but I’m not sure if this recipe would work with anything else.
This particular recipe wont work without as it is a major component. You can use more tofu, some coconut cream and refined coconut oil to make the base layer and go from there. You can also use sweet potato for the base like my sweet potato chocolate pie filling (https://fettabbau-trim.today/2014/11/vegan-chocolate-pumpkin-pie-with-almond-crust-gluten-free.html%3C/a%3E%29, there will be a flavor and texture difference
Thank you for your reply 😊
Oh my. This is chocolate heaven. I made a few changes to the recipe (replacing the sugar with maple syrup and dates and changing the tofu/coconut milk ratio a bit to use up everything I had at home) and it still turned out absolutely delicious. It is an extremely decadent cake and a little goes a long way but it’s exactly right for a weekend treat 🙂 Thank you so much for the recipe.
I do not have a freezer, can I put it in the fridge as well, but longer?
yes let it chill in the refrigerator.
As a vegan that looks so amazingly good wow. I would love to have my friends try it who says vegan can’t have a good dessert !
Can’t wait to make this recipe! Will this keep best in the refrigerator or the freezer, and for how long do you think it would last?
refrigerated about 3 days. it will last longer in the freezer, but the texture of the mousse changes a bit.
Hah! This was already on my to make list. It looks so good. And coincidentally I bought cocoa butter last week, something I never use normally. I’m going to try this next week. I still have a piece of the cookie dough pie and naturally I have the salted date caramel pie so :’)… Sadly my friends and family are so far away, I can’t share with them. But hey, my husband and I eat it all :p …. Thank you for pointing out this recipe to me! I don’t know how you come up with it all, but it makes me soooo happy! ♡
I made this-it’s phenomenal. Non- vegans were completely floored. I want to experiment with making it boozy. And it really is super easy- it took me way less time than I thought it would.
You’re brilliant!
yay!! so glad everyone loved it! you can blend in some liquor when you add coconut milk. if you are adding more than a 1-2 tablespoons, then reduce the coconut milk quantity by that much, so that the overall consistency doesnt get too thin as it wont set as well then.
Yes! Thank you. And maybe if I wanna get rull fancy, a thin layer of boozy soaked cake or lady fingers or something between the layers… kaluha, grand marinier, or even kirsche to make it sorta black foresty!
🙂 yes you can add a cake layer at the bottom ad soak it as much as you want 😉
Yum! Forget dinner parties, I think this would be a perfect impromptu snack for myself.