Chocolate Mousse Cake

Ingredients (Cake)
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 ¾ cups flour
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Directions (Cake)
1. Preheat oven to 350* F. Grease and flour two nine inch round pans.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer. Stir in the boiling water last. Batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake test done with a toothpick. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.


Ingredients (Mousse)
• 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 (1 oz) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
• ½ cup cold water
• 1 (3.9 oz) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Directions (Mousse)
1. In a large bowl, mix together sweetened condensed milk and melted chocolate. Gradually stir in the water, then instant pudding until smooth. Chill for at least 20 minutes.
2. Remove the chocolate mixture from the refrigerator, and stir to loosen. Fold in whipped cream and return to the refrigerator for at least another hour.
3. Place one layer of cake onto a serving plate. Top with 1 ½ cups of the mousse, then cover with the remaining cake layer. Frost with the remaining mousse, and refrigerate until serving. Garnish with fresh fruit or chocolate shavings.