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Mousse Cake

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

  • 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.