{"id":18570,"date":"2020-01-15T13:48:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/?p=18570"},"modified":"2020-02-06T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:18:58","slug":"chocolate-mousse-frosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/chocolate-mousse-frosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Mousse Frosting – Dark, Decadent, and Creamy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chocolate mousse frosting is the ultimate in decadence. Chocolate mousse frosting is rich, smooth, and creamy – essentially chocolate mousse piped on top of your cupcakes. If you plan to try one new frosting<\/a> this year, make this one; the step away from buttercream will feel like a leap to greatness.<\/p>\n

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What is Chocolate Mousse Frosting?<\/h2>\n

Chocolate mousse frosting is chocolate mousse that you pipe onto cake or cupcakes!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike chocolate buttercream frosting<\/a> or chocolate cream cheese frosting<\/a>, this chocolate mousse frosting is as good on its own as it is as a frosting.<\/p>\n

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What Are The Ingredients in Chocolate Mousse Frosting?<\/h2>\n

Chocolate Mousse frosting is made with heavy cream, whipped eggs, dark chocolate, butter, and superfine sugar<\/strong>. Using the superfine sugar instead of regular granulated sugar makes the frosting nice and smooth. If you can’t find superfine sugar, you can pulse regular sugar in a food processor.<\/em><\/p>\n

To avoid salmonella risk, you can either use pasteurized eggs (if you can find them) or beat eggs and sugar together in a double boiler until they reach 140 F. This recipe’s instructions at the bottom of this post detail the latter method.<\/p>\n

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How to Make Chocolate Mousse Frosting<\/h2>\n

Start the same way as you would with whipped cream or chantilly cream<\/a> – whip up some heavy whipping cream until it holds peaks. Make sure that the cream is nice and cold before starting.<\/strong> Then, refrigerate the whipped cream in a separate bowl until you need it.<\/p>\n

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Whip eggs and sugar until super light and fluffy. This takes about ten minutes!<\/p>\n

Melt chocolate and pour it over chopped butter until the butter melts. Then, add the buttery chocolate to the eggs.<\/p>\n

Finally, gently fold the whipped cream into the mousse.<\/p>\n

Best Ways to Use Chocolate Mousse Frosting<\/h2>\n

Use this frosting on:<\/p>\n