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Chocolate orange mousse cake served in slices
Smooth chocolate orange mousse cake on a biscuit base

Chocolate & Orange Mousse Cake

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Cakes and Desserts
The contrast of orange and dark chocolate is one of the most elegant pairings in the world of desserts. In this cake, the crisp biscuit base provides texture, while the cream is a light mousse where the acidity of the orange cuts through the richness of the cream and chocolate, cleansing the palate after every bite.
🕒 Prep Time 40 mins
⌛ Total Time 4 hrs 40 mins
🍽️ Servings 10 servings
🔥 Calories 480 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Classic Baking

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Springform cake tin
  • Hand mixer
  • Bain-marie

Allergen Information

⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Cereals containing gluten

Instructions

1 ✓

Crush the biscuits into crumbs, mix with the melted butter. Press into the bottom of the tin, refrigerate.

Tip: The setting butter will hold the base together.
2 ✓

Melt the dark chocolate over steam. Allow to cool to lukewarm.

Tip: Hot chocolate will melt the whipped cream.
3 ✓

Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water. Heat the orange juice (do not boil), dissolve the squeezed-out gelatine in it. Allow to cool to lukewarm.

Tip: Gelatine is a heat-sensitive protein, boiling destroys its structure.
4 ✓

Whip the cream with the sugar and orange zest until stiff.

Tip: The essential oils of the zest disperse better during whipping.
5 ✓

Mix the lukewarm chocolate into the cream, then quickly fold in the gelatinous juice too.

Tip: Chocolate and gelatine are both thickeners, work quickly before they set.
6 ✓

Pour the mousse onto the biscuit base. Chill for 4 hours.

Tip: Patience creates perfect slices.
7 ✓

Decorate with chocolate shavings and orange zest.

Tip: Fresh decoration signals the flavours visually.

Recipe FAQ

It wasn't orangey enough.
Orange juice flavour can be weak without baking/cooking. The zest holds the real aroma! Grate in more.
The gelatine became lumpy.
You didn't add it by tempering. Always mix a little cream into the warm gelatine first!

Ingredients

  • 200 g Oat biscuits or butter biscuits
  • 100 g Butter (melted)
  • 300 g Dark chocolate (min. 60%)
  • 400 ml Whipping cream
  • 100 ml Fresh orange juice
  • 2 whole Oranges (grated zest)
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 6 sheets Leaf gelatine
  • 50 g Milk chocolate (shavings, decoration)