What (Chocolate) Dreams Are Made Of Cake
"When I was a kid, my grandma made this dessert at every holiday and it always seemed like there was never enough it! It has 4 layers of awesomeness, including mousse, custard, and ganache. Feel free to take a short cut with a boxed mix and don't be intimidated by all the steps. If you know your way around a kitchen you'll put this together with ease. Quite possibly the best dessert you'll ever have. I recently made this for friends and they told me it's very similar to a beloved discontinued dessert from a popular Italian restaurant chain."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Gelatin | 1 envelope (7g) | 23 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 (4 ounce) bar semisweet baking chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
- 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 1 tablespoon boiling water
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (18 ounce) package miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons butter