{"id":28,"date":"2026-02-22T22:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish-cream-chocolate-mousse-cake-with-cashew-crus"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:50:18","slug":"irish-cream-chocolate-mousse-cake-with-cashew-crus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/irish-cream-chocolate-mousse-cake-with-cashew-crus\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse Cake With Cashew Crus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 C. cookie crumbs, chocolate<br \/>\n1\/2 C. cashews, ground<br \/>\n1\/2 C. fresh coconut, finely ground<br \/>\n7 ounces sugar<br \/>\n1 tsp. ground cinnamon<br \/>\n2 1\/2 ounces melted unsalted butter<br \/>\n1 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped<br \/>\n1\/4 C. unsalted butter, diced<br \/>\n1 tsp. espr<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Place cookie crumbs, cashews, coconut, 1\/3 C. sugar, cinnamon in bowl; mix well. Add  melted butter and mix well. Press crust into well-greased 10-inch springform pan and  place in fridge while preparing filling. Place chocolate, butter, instant espresso in metal  bowl and place it over pan of simmering water until chocolate is melted. Remove bowl  from water; set aside. In another metal bowl, whisk together yolks, remaining 1\/2 C.  sugar, Irish Cream, and vanilla. Place bowl over pan of simmering water and whisk until  mixture is very thick and resembles softly whipped cream. Remove bowl from water.  Fold melted chocolate into yolk mixture and set aside. Gently fold the whipped cream  into yolk mixture; set aside. Whisk whites until soft peaks form, gently fold them into  chocolate mixture. Pour filling into crust and refrigerate cake until well chilled, about 3 4  hours. Serve with softly whipped cream and mint sprigs.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&quot;Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.&quot; (Ecclesiastes 9:7)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/irish-cream-chocolate-mousse-cake-with-cashew-crus\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}