Chocolate Brownie Trifle
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Recipe by: Thando Manyoni
Serves: 6-8
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- For the brownie:
- X2 sachets Golden Cloud Chocolate Cake Mix
- 6 eggs
- 360ml sunflower oil
- 160g Beacon Heavenly Milk Chocolate
- For the chocolate mousse:
- 80g Beacon Heavenly Midnight Velvet Chocolate
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- Salt
- Whipped cream:
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- To decorate:
- 125g Toff choc original
- 80g Beacon Heavenly Midnight Velvet Chocolate
- 150g Beacon Heavenly Hazelnut & Shortbread Slab, roughly chopped
- 150g Beacon Heavenly Hazelnut & Caramel Crunch Slab
How To Make
- For the brownie: Preheat the oven to 170C and line a baking tray with parchment paper
- In a mixing bowl, add the eggs and oil and whisk.
- In a separate bowl, add two sachets of the Golden Cloud Chocolate Cake Mix, add the egg mixture and combine with a spatula.
- Add the chopped chocolate and mix to combine.
- Add the brownie mixture to the prepare baking tin, spread evenly and bake for 25-35 minutes.
- For the chocolate mousse: Roughly chop the chocolate and place in a medium size bowl. Melt in the microwave in 30 second intervals and set aside.
- Boil ¼ cup of water, then stir the cocoa powder and vanilla. Stir the mixture into the melted chocolate until combined.
- Whip the cream, sugar and pinch of salt to medium peaks.
- Gradually fold the cream into the chocolate mixture until the thoroughly combined. Be gentle when folding to avoid knocking the air out the mixture.
- Place in the fridge to chill slightly.
- For the whipped cream: Place the cream in bowl and whip until soft peaks.
- Add the icing sugar and vanilla essence, whip till stiff peaks.
- To assemble; Break the brownie into pieces and arrange a layer at the bottom of the trifle dish.
- Add layer of chocolate mousse, followed by a layer of whipped cream.
- Sprinkle the chopped hazelnut and shortbread chocolate over the cream.
- Repeat the layering process.
- To decorate, top with the toff choc original and garnish with grated chocolate.
- Place in the fridge until ready to serve.