Chocolate Almond Mousse Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• cake
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box devil's food cake mix, with pudding
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3 eggs
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, cut into pieces
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 spray 15x10x1inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
• 3 line bottom of pan with waxed paper and spray it also.
• 4 prepare cake mix as directed on package using water, oil and eggs.
• 5 pour batter into prepared paper-lined pan.
• 6 bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes, or until done.
• 7 cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 8 invert cake onto wire rack, remove pan and paper.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 meanwhile melt chocolate.
• 11 stir in almond extract and cool completely.
• 12 fold cooled chocolate into whipped cream.
• 13 trim edges of cake.
• 14 cut cake lengthwise into two long layers.
• 15 place one layer on serving platter.
• 16 spread with 1/3 of mousse.
• 17 repeat with remaining layer and 1/3 of the mousse.
• 18 place remaining mousse in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip.
• 19 pipe border around bottom and top of cake.
• 20 decorate top of cake with mousse rosettes.
• 21 sprinkle top with toasted almonds.
• 22 store in refrigerator.