Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Tower

ingredients

For Pound Cake:

Additional Equipment needed: Six to eight 3" inch cake rings or ten 2 1/4" cake rings

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 5 large eggs, room temperature
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tbsp Chambord
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder

• 14 oz semisweet chocolate
• 2 tbsp Chambord
• 1/3 cup Stonewall Kitchen Red Raspberry Jam
• 5 egg yolks, room temperature
• 7 egg whites, room temperature
• Pinch of salt

• One to two bottles of Stonewall Kitchen 8.5 oz Raspberry Syrup (as desired)
• Whipped cream
• Fresh raspberries
• Fresh mint

directions

For Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degree F
2. Butter and flour one 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pan
3. In a small bowl combine flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder and mix well
4. In a large bowl, cream butter until fluffy, add the sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy and then beat in chambord
5. Beat in eggs, one at a time
6. Beat in on low speed, 1/3 of the flour mixture with half the milk until incorporated
7. Repeat this procedure until all the flour is incorporated
8. Pour the batter into the prepared pan
9. Bake for 1 hour or until done

1. Melt the chocolate and Chambord in a bowl over hot water stirring occasionally. When chocolate is melted, remove it from heat and beat until smooth
2. Add the egg yolks slowly, stirring quickly until smooth, stir in the raspberry jam. Let mixture cool slightly
3. Whip the egg whites and salt until stiff peaks form, fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture until incorporated
4. Let mousse set in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours

1. Trim sides off pound cake
2. Slice into six to eight 1/2" slices if using 3" cake ring (or ten 1/2" slices if using 2 1/4 cake ring)
3. Use a cake ring to cut into circles
4. Wrap outside of each cake ring with aluminum foil to create a bottom for the rings
5. Spray bottom with non-stick cooking spray, place circular cake slice in bottom of foil lined cake ring and spoon in desired amount of mousse
6. Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate 1 hour

1. Pour desired amount of Stonewall Kitchen Raspberry Syrup onto plate
2. Gently run a knife around the inside edges of the cake ring to loosen tower from ring
3. Remove foil wrapping from outside of cake ring to remove chocolate mousse tower, and place tower in center of syrup on plate

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