Triple Chocolate Left Over Truffles

These truffles came flying out of my brain like some kind of mad scientist and they are A*M*A*Z*I*N*G!!!!!! 

I made Double Chocolate Mousse last week and I had a little chocolate cake and a little mousse left over and this is what I made!!!!! 

This recipe will make 12-24 giant truffles depending on the size of your silicone molds.

Ingredients Cake: 

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chops or chopped chocolate

1/4 cup cocoa powder

3/4 cup boiling water

3/4 cup cake flour

1.2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp kosher salt

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1 stick unsalted butter at room temp

2 large eggs

1/4 cup butter milk or coconut milk

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

 Recipe for cake:

1.preheat over to 325. 

2.coat 8X8 pan with cooking spray. 

3. put chocolate and cocoa in a medium bowl and add boiling water, whisk until smooth

4.IN a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt, wick

5. beat butter and sugar until fluffy, add eggs and beat, add vanilla and beat

6. now add the chocolate and flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat well. 

Bake for about 30 min at 325 or until knife comes out clean.

Ingredients for Mousse:

1 cup semi sweet semi sweet chocolate 

7 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 large eggs, separated

1 tablespoon sugar

3/4 cup heavy cream

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

pinch salt

Recipe for Chocolate Mousse:

1.melt the butter and chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments, stirring in between, set aside once smooth

2. whip egg whites for 3 minuets, add sugar and whip 3 more minuets or until stiff peaks.

3. in another bowl whip heavy cream, set aside

4. in yet another bowl whisk vanilla and egg yolks

5. now fold everything together gently and carefully with a runner spatula. 

Ingredients For Ganache:

3/4 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup of cream

3 tablespoons butter

pinch of salt

Recipe for Ganache:

In a small saucepan heat cream until piping hot but not a boil, add the chocolate and butter and whisk until smooth.  Set aside to cool for about 20-30 minuets. You may speed this up by putting in the refrigerator.

Other Ingredients and tools:

Silicone domes or muffin pan

1 bag of white chocolate chips

2 tablespoons of canola oil

1 cup of dark chocolate chips

ASSEMBLY DIRECTIONS:

1. scoop about 3 tablespoons of mousse into each silicone mold

2. when ganache is warm not hot you may fill each mold with 2 tablespoons of ganache. 

3.Now with a round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut the cake to the size of the silicone mold and place a cake circle over the ganache filling. 

4.Once oyu have done this to all truffles, place them in the freezer overnight.

5. Now peel the mousse truffles out of the silicone molds folding the silicone back to release and place on a wire cooling wrack. 

6. Melt the white chocolate and canola oil until smooth and pour over top of each truffle. 

7. finally melt the dark chocolate and place in a plastic bag, cut the tip off and pipe to decorate!!! 

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