Chocolate Mousse Cake.

Ingredients :

 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate
¾ cup sugar
 9 Tbs unsalted butter
 2 Tbs Rum
 6 large eggs, separated
 1 ts confectioners’ sugar
  pinch of salt

 Preheat oven to 350º F. Cover the outside of a 9 - inch spring form pan with a double layer foil. Use a microwave oven or a double boiler , melt together chocolate and butter. Set aside to cool. Mix egg whites and salt until thick. Add ¼ cup sugar and mix until stiff and shiny, but not dry! In another bowl mix the egg yolks and ½ cup sugar until pale and thick. Whisk in Rum, then fold in the cooled chocolate mixture. Place a kettle water over heat and bring to a boil. Fold about ½ a cup of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it. Then fold in the remaining egg whites, careful don’t let the mixture deflate! Pour mixture in prepared spring form and place it in a roasting pan. Add boiling water to come halfway upside of spring form pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove cake pan from water, place on a rack and let it cool completely. Unwrap and remove spring form side. Dust with the confectioners sugar and serve!!