Cake:
3.5 oz flour
0.5 c cocoa powder (non-alkalized)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1 c sugar
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4 oz buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
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2 oz butter - melted
4 oz coffee, cooled to room temp
Crunch:
4.5 oz milk chocolate, melted
0.5 c + 1Tbsp peanut butter
3 c cornflakes, finely crushed
Sirop:
0.5 c water
2 Tbsp sugar
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2 Tbsp coffee
1 Tbsp rum
Mousse:
10 oz milk chocolate - melted
0.5 c peanut butter
6 oz milk
8 oz cream - soft peaks
Glaze:
12 oz cream
2 Tbsp corn sirop
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12 oz chocolate - finely chopped
For the cake;
Sift together 1., lightly mix together 2., mix together 3. Whisk 3. into 2., combine all.
13.5X9.5 pan, ~25mns 350F
For the 'crunch';
add peanut butter to melted chocolate, cool 20mns, fold in corn flakes.
For imbibing sirop;
Make sirop, cool slightly, add rest.
For the mousse;
Melt chocolate, whisk in peanut butter till smooth. Bring milk to boil, add to chocolate in two additions, mixing well between. Whisk 5mns or until creamy.Fold in soft peak cream.
Glaze;
Bring 1., to boil, pour over chocolateSit for 1 mn., whip until smooth.
To assemble;
Cut cake into circles with 4in ring molds, cut each in half horizontally. Stack cake (imbibed, cut side up), crunch (flatten with wet spoon), mousse (pipe with no tip). Do this twice, refrigerate 4 to 6 hours. Unmold, freeze for 15mns, cover with glaze.