Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

Tonight marks the beginning of Passover, and thus it also means no flour in my cooking. For the seder we go to, usually I bring something along the lines of a cheesecake or fruit tart--lighter flavors, at least, after a big meal--made with a nut or matzoh crust. But this year I couldn't resist the lure of this recipe, originally from Cook's Illustrated. The base is a dark, rich flourless mousse cake, which is topped with a semisweet mousse and then a white chocolate mousse. And for everyone out there who thinks they don't like white chocolate, I have two points: a) the white chocolate mousse here is a lighter counterpoint to all the chocolatey richness underneath it, and b) get the good stuff--it makes a huge difference. I topped the cake with chocolate shards, raspberries and blackberries. It's hard, and not entirely appropriate to take pictures of your own food during a dinner party, but I wanted to show the inside of this cake, too. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone