Pistachio Chocolate Brownie Mousse Cake with a Cherry Heart Surprise!

February 1st, 2024

🍰✨ Picture this: a fudgy nutty walnut and pistachio decadent brownie base, topped with a velvety rich and creamy pistachio mousse, all there to conceal a sweet cheeky Cherry Heart Surprise hidden inside!

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RECIPE:

Pistachio Chocolate Brownie Mousse Cake with a Cherry Heart Surprise!

INGREDIENTS:

CHERRY CAKE

• 1.5 c cups flour (171g)

• 1/2 tbsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 3 egg whites (90g)

• 1/3 c (146g) cherry puree (62.5g)

• 1/4 c + 2 tbsp  (86g) milk

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/2 tsp cherry emulsion

• 2 tbsp (27g) oil

• 1c (200g) sugar

• 1c (1 stick) 113g unsalted room temp butter

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and line 1 9x9 square pan.

2. In a medium bowl whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.

3. In another bowl add egg whites, cherry puree, milk, vanilla extract, cherry extract, and oil. Whisk for 30 seconds.

4. In a mixer bowl with a paddle attachment add butter and beat at medium speed to soften, add sugar and beat on medium high until light and fluffy, scraping the bowl midway through (total about 3 mins)

5. Add dry ingredients in 3 parts alternating with wet ingredients. (Beginning and ending with dry ingredients.)

6. Bake for 30-35 mins

CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO WALNUT BROWNIE (8x8 square pan) 

Ingredients 

• 40g good quality dark chocolate  

• 40g unsalted butter 

• 40g caster sugar (can also use granulated sugar) 

• 40g dark brown sugar 

• 1 large egg 

• 1 tsp vanilla extract 

• 25g almond flour

• 1/2 c chopped salted pistachios

• 1/2 c chopped walnuts

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 1 8x8 square pan.

2. Melt butter and chocolate in a microwave in 30 second bursts until melted, set it aside to come closer down to room temperature. 

3. In a medium bowl, add brown sugar, white sugar, and egg. Mix everything until smooth. Add vanilla extract. 

4. Slowly add chocolate mixture into the egg & sugar mixture and mix until combined. 

5. Fold in almond flour

6. Fold in pistachio and walnuts

7. Pour the batter into the lined pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

**Before making your mousse, make sure you have everything ready to go as the mousse can set pretty quickly.

Put your silicone loaf pan on a baking tray and place it in the freezer.

Cut out heart shapes from your frozen cherry cake and place them back in the freezer.

Once cooled, cut your brownie in half to fit the loaf pan, set aside.

PISTACHIO MOUSSE 

• 50g Milk 

• 180g Good quality white chocolate 

• 4g gelatine powder + 25g cold water (200C) 

• 40g ground fine pistachio 

• 230g heavy cream

Method 

1. Whisk cold cream until soft peaks (sour cream consistency) and place in the fridge. 

2. Add milk and white chocolate in a bowl and microwave in 30 seconds bursts until just melted and mix through

3. Dissolve powdered gelatine in cold water and leave to bloom for about 5 min. 

4. Add chocolate mixture into a large bowl, add pistachio and mix everything together. 

5. Add whipped cream a little at a time and gently mix until combined.

6. Transfer your mixture into a large bowl, then melt the gelatine in a microwave for 5-10 seconds, pour over the mixture and mix it all through. 

ASSEMBLY

1. We will be assembling the cake upside down. Add a layer of the pistachio mousse inside the loaf tin (about 1/2 inch), shake it a bit, so it's evenly distributed. 

2. Add frozen cherry heart cut outs upside down (pointy side up). Do not press all the way down and make sure to gently squeeze them together. 

3. Add the remaining pistachio mousse, and even it out with a spoon. 

4. Add chocolate brownie (crispy side down) gently pressing on top of the cake, then place the cake in the freezer overnight.

CHOCOLATE COCOA POWDER MIRROR GLAZE 

• 180g water 

• 225g heavy cream

• 120g white granulated sugar 

• 120g cocoa powder 

• 7g gelatine leaves (200 C) 

Method 

1. Soak gelatine leaves in ice cold water to bloom for 3 - 7 minutes 

2. In a pan, add water and sugar and heat up until the sugar has dissolved. 

3. Add the cocoa powder and whisk well until mixed, around 1 min. 

4. Reduce to low heat, stirring constantly and add heavy cream and mix everything again. Heat until the mixture reaches around 145°F 

5. Take off the stove, squeeze your gelatine of excess water and add to the cocoa mixture. Stir until the gelatine has melted completely. 

6. Sieve glaze into a bowl, cover with cling film making sure the cling film touches the surface to keep it out of air contact. 

7. Once the glaze has cooled to around 95°F - 100°F it is ready for pouring.

After glazing, let the glazed cake set in the fridge for a couple hours before serving. 

Use a hot dry knife to cut into the cake after it’s been taken out of the fridge for 15 mins.

Enjoy!