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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/excellent-passover-mousse-cake/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/excellent-passover-mousse-cake/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
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  "id": "excellent-passover-mousse-cake",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/excellent-passover-mousse-cake/",
  "title": "Chocolate Mousse Cake for Passover",
  "summary": "A chocolate mousse cake for Passover without a speck of flour, with a baked chocolate base, a real mousse made with eggs and a ganache glaze.",
  "categories": [
    "cakes",
    "desserts"
  ],
  "holidays": [
    "passover"
  ],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 40,
    "cook": 35,
    "rest": 240,
    "total": 315
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Base",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3.5,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "bittersweet chocolate (60%)",
          "text": "3½ oz bittersweet chocolate (60%)"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "butter",
          "note": "or ⅓ cup oil",
          "text": "7 tbsp butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "unsweetened cocoa powder",
          "note": "heaping",
          "text": "1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "item": "large eggs",
          "text": "3 large eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "½ cup sugar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Chocolate mousse",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "good bittersweet chocolate (60-70%)",
          "text": "7 oz good bittersweet chocolate (60-70%)"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "brandy or liqueur (amaretto or rum)",
          "text": "1 tbsp brandy or liqueur (amaretto or rum)"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "heavy cream",
          "note": "about ½ cup - for the melted chocolate",
          "text": "7 tbsp heavy cream"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "egg yolks",
          "text": "2 egg yolks"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "egg whites",
          "text": "2 egg whites"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "3 tbsp sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "heavy cream for whipping",
          "note": "or nondairy whipping cream for a parve cake",
          "text": "2 cups heavy cream for whipping"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Glaze",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3.5,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "chocolate",
          "text": "3½ oz chocolate"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "heavy cream",
          "note": "about ½ cup; or plant milk or nondairy cream for a parve cake",
          "text": "7 tbsp heavy cream"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Base",
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 320°F (160°C) and set a pan of water on the oven floor to create steam.",
        "Grease a 9-inch (22-24 cm) round pan.",
        "Melt the 3.5 oz (100 g) chocolate with the butter (or oil) and cocoa in the microwave or over a bain-marie.",
        "Whip the eggs for about 3 minutes until light and fluffy, then add the sugar gradually, until the foam doubles in volume.",
        "Slowly pour the chocolate into the eggs while whipping on low or stirring by hand, until fully combined.",
        "Pour into the pan and bake for about 35 minutes. Let cool."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Mousse",
      "steps": [
        "Melt the 7 oz (200 g) chocolate with the brandy or liqueur in the microwave or over a bain-marie.",
        "Add the ½ cup (100 ml) cream and stir, then add the two yolks and stir.",
        "Whip the 2 egg whites with the 3 tbsp sugar and gently fold them into the chocolate.",
        "Separately, whip the 2 cups (500 ml) cream to stiff peaks and fold into the chocolate.",
        "Pour the mousse over the base and refrigerate for several hours."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Glaze",
      "steps": [
        "Heat the cream until it just bubbles, turn off the heat and add the chocolate.",
        "After 3 minutes, stir until smooth with no lumps.",
        "Let cool a little and pour gently over the well-chilled cake."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "The chocolate and yolk mixture may turn grainy, and that's fine. It comes together once the whipped whites go in.",
    "I always make this cake with eggs; it's a real mousse. Without eggs, whip an extra 1 cup (250 ml) cream, 3 cups (750 ml) in all."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-18"
}