White Chocolate Mousse Cake

Name: White Chocolate Mousse Cake
Total time: P2H
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: white chocolate; heavy whipping cream; mandarin oranges; liqueur; sponge cake; white chocolate

Submitted by audriilyn

YIELD

10 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

15 min

READY

2 hrs

Ingredients

OUNCES WHITE CHOCOLATE

CUPS HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM
divided

TINS MANDARIN ORANGES *

TABLESPOONS LIQUEUR
triple sec, grand marnier, cointreau or other orange flavor

EACH SPONGE CAKE *

OUNCES WHITE CHOCOLATE
in curls, or grated

Directions

For the white chocolate mousse :Frosting:, melt white chocolate very gently over low heat with ½ cup whipping cream. Stir until smooth. Cool.
Whip remaining 1½ cups cream until light. Fold cooled white chocolate. Refrigerate approx 1 hour or until mixture is of frosting-like consistency.
Combine ½ cup of juices from the mardarin oranges with the orange liqueur.
When ready to assemble cake, slice cake into 3 layers. Drizzle the bottom and middle layers with juice mixture. Arrange a layer of mandarin oranges on each of the 2 layers. Frost with some of the white chocolate mousse.
Place the bottom layer on a cake plate and top with middle layer. Top with top layer and frost the entire cake with remaining white chocolate mousse.
Sprinkle with white chocolate curls or grated chocolate. Refrigerate until ready to serve.