Rich And Indulgent Cocoa For One Food

HOT COCOA FOR ONE

Steps:

• Add sugar, cocoa and salt into a large cup.
• Heat milk in microwave on high for 1 minute or until hot.
• Pour milk into cocoa mixture; stir.
• Stir in vanilla.

RICH CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Steps:

• Put the chocolate and cream in a heat proof bowl over a sauce pan of simmering water. Stir untill chocolate has melted. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.
• Once cooled, beat in the egg yolks one at a time.
• Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl untill stiff.
• Then, fold into chocolate mixture.
• Spoon into 4 dessert glasses and chill for 2 hours.
• Dust with Cocoa powder or Icing sugar before serving.

EXTREME CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
• Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.