Olive Garden's Black Tie Mousse Cake

I found this recipe from Cooks.com several years ago. I don't know if it it the exact recipe from the Olive Garden. But it tastes just like it! This cake is very involved. I would suggest you make it the day before you want it. Or start very early in the morning. Warning: Do not leave the house the day you make it. It requires a lot of babysitting. Now that I have thoroughly scared anyone from ever trying this recipe, here is how you make it! There are four layers.

Layer one -

1 package devils food cake - make up batter according to instructions. Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 pan and a 9 inch round pan. You want this layer to be thin. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until toothpick clean. Cool completely

Layer two -


melt the following on stove top over very low heat:
1/2 cup chocolate chips, semi-sweet
8 oz cream cheese


In a small dish combine:
1 tsp gelatin powder
1 T cold water
let this gelatin water sit for 1 minute. Then add:
2 T boiling water. Stir till clear. Cool

Whip until thick peaks stand on their own:
3/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 tsp sugar

Now add to the whipped cream the cool gelatin water. Mix together. Now fold in the chocolate cream cheese mixture.

Spread this on top of the cooled cake. (There are two cakes. Eye ball how much should go on each cake.)

Layer 3 -

beat until pale:
3 egg yokes

Now beat into the yokes:
1/4 cup sugar
3 T flour
1 tsp gelatin powder

On the stove bring to a slow boil over very low heat(mix constantly):

1, 3/4 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
egg yoke mixture from above

When this mixture becomes thick turn stove off and allow this pudding-like mixture to cool completely on counter. Pour this third layer on cake. Put cake in fridge for two hours.

Layer 4 -


Take cake out of fridge. I like to take the cake out of the cake pan and place on a serving platter. But you don't have to.

Bring to a slow boil:

2 T butter
1, 1/2 cup whipping cream

Pour this hot cream over:

1, 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips. Mix until smooth. Poor over cake. Allow to drizzle down the sides of cake (if you took it out of the pan).

Press chocolate chips into the sides of cake. You need the chocolate chips for texture! If you didn't take the cake out of cake pans, then just put the chips on top of the cake. In my pictures I put chocolate chips in a food processor and made dusting chocolate. (I've already dirtied the kitchen. What's another mess, right?)

Place entire finished cake in fridge for 4 hours.