# Cafe de Olla Chocolate Cake

A delicious and easy-to-make Cafe de Olla Chocolate Cake that is perfect for birthdays.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Total time: 51 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup chocolate
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup eggless chocolate mousse
- 2 tablespoons cafe de olla syrup
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup dark chocolate ganache
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chocolate chips

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, mix the cake batter with eggs, oil and buttermilk.
2. Add chocolate to the batter and mix well.
3. Pour the batter into two cake pans and bake.
4. While the cakes bake, make the chocolate mousse filling by mixing heavy cream, eggless chocolate mousse, and cafe de olla syrup.
5. Whip up heavy cream to make stiff peaks.
6. Mix in dark chocolate ganache.
7. Put mousse in a deli cup and chill in the fridge.
8. Make the fudge frosting by melting heavy cream and chocolate chips.
9. Let cool and chill in the fridge.
10. Level the cake layers.
11. Spread cafe de olla syrup on the layers.
12. Add a layer of the mousse.
13. Layer the cakes and frost with ganache.
14. Grate some chocolate over the top of the cake.

## Equipment

- whisk
- mixing bowl
- wooden spatula
- oven
- cake pans
- deli cup
- hand mixer
- spatula
- cake decorating spatula
- grater

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBmSiO1yGLw/?igsh=MXR3NjEyNGxkZDUxdQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/80a48df4-8022-4ea9-b8b0-7bd57f19e14a
- Extracted: 2025-01-12

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