Ingredients

Let’s Cook!

• 1
  Prepare a sheet of sponge cake. You can also use a store-bought one as well. Slice the cake so that it's 1 cm thick. I use this recipe: https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/146484-foolproof-fluffy-genoise-sponge-cake
  
• 2
  Cut out the cake with a ring mold.
  
• 3
  Put the ring mold on a plate and place a 5cm diameter piece of parchment paper or plastic mousse film on the bottom, to fit the mold.
  
• 4
  Put the round of cut cake inside the ring.
  
• 5
  Whip the cream until soft peaks form.
  
• 6
  Heat the milk in the microwave (500 W) for 30 seconds, add the cocoa powder and mix well. Put it in a blender together with the strawberry jam and blend well.
  
• 7
  Sprinkle the powdered gelatin in the water and heat in the microwave (500 W) to dissolve. Add the dissolved gelatin to the mixture made in Step 6 and blend again.
  
• 8
  Add the mixture in Step 7 to the whipped cream, and mix with a spatula until smooth.
  
• 9
  Pour the mixture in Step 8 into the cake-lined mold, nearly to the top. Hit the mold a few more times on the counter top to remove air bubbles and smooth the surface. Chill in the refrigerator until set.
  
• 10
  Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Add the heavy cream and mix until smooth.
  
• 11
  Pour the chocolate mixture on top of the set mousse. Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
  
• 12
  Sift some cocoa on top and take off the metal ring and the parchment paper.
  
• 13
  Decorate the top as you'd like.
  
• 14
  "Mini Chocolate Heart Cakes" https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/146517-heart-shaped-petit-chocolate-cakes-for-valentine-s-day
  
• 15
  "Crispy Crunchy Truffles" https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/170424-for-valentine-s-day-crispy-crunchy-truffles