The Ultimate Pomegranate Mousse Cake

The Ultimate Pomegranate Mousse Cake

Serves: 6 servings
Cooking Time: 1 hour
The Ultimate Pomegranate Mousse Cake
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Ingredients

Yellow Cake:
  • 3/4 cups flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • Pinch cream of tartar
Pomegranate Curd:
  • 1 eggs
  • 1 egg yolks
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp lemon zest1/2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 16 ounces of pomegranate juice
Pomegranate Mousse:
  • 2 1/2 tsp gelatin
  • 1/8 cup water
  • 2 cups pomegranate curd
  • 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tbsp sugar
Pomegranate Topping:
  • 3 ounces pomegranate juice
  • 1 tsp gelatin
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Instructions

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Yellow Cake:
  1. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.
  2. Cream butter and sugar with mixer.
  3. Whisk in the egg yolks one at a time.
  4. Add the milk and vanilla, then the flour mixture.
  5. Whip egg whites until medium peaks form.
  6. Add egg white mixture to butter mixture 1/4 at a time until all egg whites have been folded in.
  7. Spread batter into 2 cake pans 5" dividing evenly.
  8. Bake for about 25-30 minutes on 375 degrees until the cake bounces back to the touch, or a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean.
  9. Let cool for 5 minutes then turn out onto a cake rack
Make Pomegranate Curd till cakes are baking and chilling:
  1. Reduce pomegranate juice to 1/2 cup add 2 oz of pomergranate liquor
  2. Add eggs, egg yolks, sugar, 1/2 cup pomegranate reduction loquor mixture and lemon zest into a heatproof bowl that fits over a saucepan and whisk until well blended.
  3. Place this bowl over a saucepan with an inch of simmering water in it, as the mixture begins to get warm and whisk the mixture until it thickens, about 5-7 minutes
  4. Add the butter, mix well
  5. Allow mixture to cool , until needed
Pomegranate Mousse:
  1. Place the gelatin and water in a small bowl and let it sit until it has absorbed all the water
  2. Whip your cream to medium peaks ,adding sugar as it begins to thicken.
  3. Fold whipped cream into curd and gelatin.

Assembly:

  1. Cut cakes into 2 sections, this will give you 4 layers.
  2. Begin with the first layer, and use the rest Pomegranate reduction and liquor mixture to brush onto the cake layer.
  3. Then spread an even layer of Mousse on top of the cake.
  4. Add the next layer and repeat the process until you have added your top layer. You will have three layers of Mousse between the four cake layers.
  5. Place this into the refrigerator to chill while you make the topping for the cake.
Pomegranate Topping:
  1. Place pomegranate juice and pomegranate liquor in a small bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over pomegranate mixture and let stand 1 minute to soften gelatin. Cook over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Set bowl stirring mixture gently until it is cold and slightly thickened but not set.
  3. Stir in pomegranate seeds and spoon topping onto chilled Mousse cake.
  4. Chill cake until topping is set about 1 hour.