Quick Chocolate Mousse

Quick Chocolate Mousse

1 - 6 oz. pkg. choc. chips
2 eggs
3 tbsp. strong hot coffee
1 or 2 tbsp. rum or orange liqueur
3/4 c scalded milk

put all ingredients in a blender + blend at high speed 2 mins. pour into 4 dessert cups


My notes: For reference, scalded milk is milk that has been heated to 180F (I had to google that before starting). I used 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract in place of the rum/liqueur since I make my own vanilla, so I know it's high quality and has good flavor. Plus I rarely have rum or liqueur on hand.

This recipe fits very well into 4 1/2 pint mason jars.

I chilled my mousse overnight before eating, it has a good strong chocolate flavor, but the texture wasn't as mousse-like as I was hoping for, it more closely resembled pudding instead of a fluffy mousse. For something so quick and easy though, it's hard to complain much.

I topped mine with cool whip and shaved chocolate for serving. 

Coffee Cake. Grace.

Coffee Cake. Grace.

Cream 3 tbsp butter - 2/3 cup sugar
Add 1 unbeaten egg - 1 1/2 cup Flour
3 tsp baking power - 1/2 tsp salt.
Sift and add alternately with
2/3 cup milk -1 teasp vanilla - 1 lemon extract

Mix 1 tbsp sugar and cinnamon spread on top and bake in 8-8-1 p

oven 400%  Time 25 min.


My notes: Without an exact measurement on the lemon extract, 1 teaspoon is a good starting place. I liked the citrus flavor it added, but in future I will go with fresh orange or lemon juice and zest. Greg liked the top crust the cinnamon and sugar mixture created but wasn't a fan of the citrus flavor of the cake.

This cake is very moist and has a really nice light crumb and came together quickly on a weekend morning, it was almost as good the next day (didn't dry out much at all), and was especially good when a piece was split in half and put on the griddle with some butter. 

via eBay

eBay is apparently a wealth of old recipe boxes from around the country. I recently acquired a lot of boxes from Cape Cod (I was drawn to the fact that they are pretty local to my Boston home), the seller said they were from a few estate sales. So Boxes 2-5 have come to join my kitchen experiment.

With a large bank of recipes waiting in the wings, I now (finally) feel ready to begin. Next post will be food related, I promise.