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Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse Cake

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February 5, 2016 by Hugs & Cookies xoxo 11 Comments

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This amazing cake was adapted from Life, Love & Sugar.  You have to visit her blog….prepare to DROOL!!!!

This cake was definitely a labor of love and made the taste testers swoon! You need a wee bit of patience to prepare the layers but they are not difficult to make. The Reese’s peanut butter cups sprinkled on the brownie layer are a sweet surprise, too!!! I topped my cake off with some hot fudge….just not too hot or I am afraid it might melt down the mousse! So, let it cool a bit after you melt it. Enjoy!

You’ll Need:

9 inch Springform Pan

Mousse Cake

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 box brownie mix
  • 8 ounces Reese's minis

Peanut Butter Mousse Layer

  • 1 tsp + 1/8 tsp powdered gelatin
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons water
  • 9 ounces Reese's peanut butter chips
  • 2 ¼ cups heavy cream
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar

Chocolate Mousse

  • 1 tsp + 1/8 tsp powdered gelatin
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons water
  • 9 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 ¼ cups heavy cream
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar

Topping

  • Jar of hot fudge

Peanut Butter frosting for decorations

  • ⅔ c. Skippy peanut butter-creamy!
  • 8 T. soft butter
  • 1 c. powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • Prepare brownie according to box directions.
  • Bake in 9 inch springform pan greased & lined with parchment paper until done.
  • Remove and Let cool.
  • Place cooled brownie back in the pan but also line the sides all the way around with parchment.It should extend above the pan to "hold" mousse.
  • Sprinkle the reeses on the brownie.

PB Mousse

  • Sprinkle gelatin on top of water in a bowl and let sit 5 mins.
  • Heat 3/4 cup cream in microwave till boiling and then add the gelatin. Whisk well.
  • Place the pb chips in a heat proof bowl and pour the cream over the chips.
  • Let it sit a minute and stir smooth.
  • Cool 5 mins.
  • Meanwhile, beat 1 1/2 cups heavy cream on hi.
  • Add powdered sugar and beat to stiff peaks.
  • Fold a little cream at a time into the pb mixture.
  • Spread this over the brownie and reese's layer.
  • Chill 2 hours.

Chocolate Layer

  • Again, in a bowl sprinkle the gelatin over the water. Sit 5 mins.
  • Microwave 3/4 cup of the heavy cream to a boil.
  • Add the gelatin mix to the hot cream and whisk.
  • Place chips in a bowl and pour this cream over them.
  • Sit a minute and whisk smooth.
  • Meanwhile, beat 1 1/2 cups heavy cream on high.
  • Add sugar and beat to stiff peaks.
  • Fold a little cream at a time into the cooled chocolate.
  • Once all incorporated and smooth, pour this over the pb mousse layer and chill another 2 hours or longer if not firm.
  • Once firm, remove sides of cake.
  • Decorate with hot fudge but do not pour it on while very hot or it will melt your cake!!!!

Peanut Butter Decorations

  • Beat pb and butter and slowly add sugar.
  • Beat till smooth.
  • Pipe onto cake using pastry bag or ziploc bag with cut corner.

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Comments

  1. jennifer says

    February 11, 2016 at 10:11 am

    MY HERO!!!
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    • jennifer says

      February 11, 2016 at 10:12 am

      Sorry I dont know why it is posting links to my comment!!

      Reply
    • Hugs & Cookies xoxo says

      February 13, 2016 at 10:14 pm

      Awwwww!!!!!! Yay!

      Reply
  2. Brenda says

    March 11, 2016 at 6:45 pm

    Anxious to try this – looks wonderful! Looking at the photo, will the peanut butter layer be creamier than the chocolate layer? The chocolate mousse layer looks more dense. Just wondering what to expect! Many thanks 🙂

    Reply
  3. Chris Irons says

    December 24, 2017 at 11:10 pm

    And there goes my diet thank you very much

    Reply
    • Hugs & Cookies xoxo says

      December 25, 2017 at 10:06 pm

      hahaha

      Reply
  4. Suzi says

    October 16, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    What size brownie mix?

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    • Hugs & Cookies xoxo says

      October 17, 2018 at 9:29 pm

      The standard box size is what I used. Not family size.

      Reply
      • Suzi says

        October 18, 2018 at 9:41 am

        Thanks for the clarification. I don’t use brownie mixes, so when I went to the market and saw 2 sizes, it stopped me in my tracks!

        Reply
        • Hugs & Cookies xoxo says

          October 21, 2018 at 10:06 pm

          hahah!!!! Gotcha!!

          Reply

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