Chocolate Mousse Cake

Chocolate Mousse Cake


Ingredients

1½ C Unbleached white flour
⅓ C Unsweetened baking cocoa powder
1 t baking powder
1 C Unrefined sugar
1¼ C water
¼ C vegetable oil
2 t vanilla extract
2 T vinegar (Plain red, plain white or rice vinegar)
a pinch of shredded coconut

Filling

6 oz chocolate chips
6 oz tofu
½ T vanilla extract

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
2. In bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and sugar.
3. In another bowl combine water, oil and the 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
4. Pour liquid into dry ingredients, whisk with fork.
5. Add vinegar and stir. You'll see bubbles when the acidic vinegar reacts with the basic baking soda!
6. Pour into baking dishes, bake for 25-30 minutes.
7. While cake is baking melt the chocolate chips.
8. For chocolate tofu filling add the tofu, ½ T vanilla extract and melted chocolate chips to blender. Blend until creamy.
9. Pull cake out of oven, let cool. Cut the top of the cake off and set the top aside. Pour the chocolate tofu mousse on the bottom half of the cake. Replace the top half.
10. Refrigerate until mousse thickens.