Sorry the late update everyone, had summer school so I couldn't exactly do a whole bunch. Big thanks as always to Kirin Ryuu for being my beta for my JR works.

Now there is a recipe and though I haven't tried this recipe. I know of I should but I haven't yet, but its gotta be promising. I did leave some of the recipe out since it was suppose to have raspberry icing or frosting or something on it but I don't care for it so I left it out. You can easily find it on google if you type in Chocolate Mousse Cake. Anyways enjoy all!

Misaki didn't know what exactly he should do in terms of dessert. Knowing that Akihiko would be leading them towards the kitchen but knew he should think of something but feeling amethyst eye's bore into his back,he felt that he was running out of distance before getting cornered. What am I going to do? I have to do something but what? He doesn't like sweets of any kind. Misaki tried to slow his movements and hoped that something came to him. Then he saw the cookbook he had been browsing earlier for future recipes that he might want to try.

Akihiko knew his lover was just stalling but when his gaze fell upon the cookbook he had a very evil idea. "Misaki, how about you make us something? I can work for a while so that I don't distract you and make you nervous. Meanwhile you can cook anything you feel like it. Though normally I don't care for sweets, for you I can make an exception." Then reluctantly letting his lover go, he laid a kiss to the boy's temple before going upstairs to get some work done so that Aikawa wouldn't be breathing down his neck in the next few days or so.

"W. . wait Usagi-san!" Sighing in defeat he saw the author disappear into the room, to then be reappearing with his laptop as he made himself comfortable on the couch and got to work. Ughhh! How can he be so. . so okay with all of this? Turning around and nearly wanting to pull his hair he looked at what the recipe called for and wondered if making chocalate (chocolate) mousse cake was a good idea.

Akihiko could tell just by the posture and gestures that Misaki was confused and frustrated. However being older he was just as impatient if not more controlled during certain times such as the present. Knowing his young lover instead he knew he had to give him space, even if that killed him to not have him for dessert instead of something from a cookbook. Adjusting glasses back on his face he went to typing so that if and when Aikawa magically decided to drop by and ask for a manuscript, it would be done and she would be out of his hair.

Misaki just took out the necessary ingredients slowly as his heart didn't stop beating in fast succession. Sweets or not. . .Usagi-san really doesn't care for it anyways. He won't hurt my feelings just because he doesn't care for them. I mean sure it would be nice if he did but I won't break a sweat over that idea if I can't all the time. Scowling with a decent blush still apparent on his face he separated the dry ingredients from the wet. Then got out any cooking utensils he would need if he didn't have them out on the counter already.

Hearing pots clink and clank together and the rustling of metal from the silverware draw, Akihiko merely kept on working. Keeping his fingers moving and trying to avoid as much eye contact with the boy, for knowing that it would be his downfall and he wouldn't get anything done; or let Misaki have his freedom for this time being. Keeping merely to his work he hoppe (hoped)that Misaki would be able to finish whatever dessert dish he was making in a decent amount of time and then he could continue what they had started during dinner.

Misaki looked at the cookbook and read what the cookbook said about a Chocolate Mousse Cake. Reading the recipe showed as followed:

How to Make Chocolate Mousse Cake:

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Chocolate Cake: 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 egg 1/4 cup buttermilk 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour and cocoa.

In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter with water and oil; bring to boil. Remove from heat and pour over dry ingredients; mix well. Add egg, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla extract; blend thoroughly.

Pour batter into a 10-inch x 15-inch cake pan. Bake approximately 10 minutes or until tester or toothpick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

Chocolate Mousse :

11 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
3 ounces melted butter, unsalted 4 eggs, separated 1 cup whipping cream
* Use a good-quality of chocolate.*

In a medium-size saucepan, melt chocolate and butter together. Learn different techniques for How to Melt the melted chocolate, immediately beat in egg yolks; remove from heat and let cool.

In a large bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. In another bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peak form; fold into whipping cream. Fold egg white/whipping cream mixture into cooled chocolate mixture. Let cool before using. NOTE: If you chill the mousse until it sets up, you will be unable to spread properly on the cake.

Creme Anglais:
1 cup whipping cream 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise or 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 egg yolks, beaten

In a heavy medium-size saucepan, combine cream and sugar. Scrape vanilla bean seeds into pan. Add pod. Bring mixture just to boil (BUT DON'T LET IT BOIL OR IT MAY CURDLE) over medium-low heat. Whisk yolks in medium bowl to blend. Whisk in half of cream. Return mixture to saucepan and cook until thickened, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes; strain into bowl. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled.

Makes 1 1/4 cups

Chocolate Sauce:
1/2 cup whipping cream 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup 6 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
In a heavy medium-size saucepan, bring cream and corn syrup to a simmer; remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth. Cool to room temperature.

Assembly: You will need 8 ramekin containers with both ends cut out. Since I didn't have any, I used tomato sauce cans, the 8 oz size...they were perfect (used the tomato sauce to make a lot of spaghetti). I discarded the top and bottom lids, washed them good, and now I have 8 hollow 'tubes' (I have kept mine for some time now). Take one of these tubes and cut out two (2) rounds of cooled shallow cake for each person.

If your cake is too thick, you can always half it horizontally. You should have 16 rounds of cut cake.

Cut 8 pieces of parchment paper 9" or 10" long by about 4" wide, and put one in each of these cans so the paper stands 4" high.

Soak each piece of cake with some brandy, I use a kitchen paint brush, then put one cake round inside each parchment lined can. Place the cans on a flat tray or whatever you have that will fit in your refrigerator.

Spoon in the cooled chocolate mousse on top of the cake rounds, going as high as you want (that's what the parchment paper is there for). Then add the other cake round, making sure you have a nice looking piece for the top (don't squash it down). Refrigerate for 6 hours or more (I do mine overnight).

Garnishing and Serving: When you're ready to plate up, center the creations on individual plates, slip off the can and carefully peel off the parchment paper.

With the cake sitting in the middle of the plate, take a small spoon and put a small amount of creme anglais, approximately 1/2 to 1 teaspoons on all four corners of the the blank space, put a fanned out strawberry and a sprig of mint. If you have some white chocolate, cut some shavings of this and top each cake with it. The color contrasts are very nice. Then take your melted chocolate, in the squeeze bottle, and hold it upside down about 6" above the plate and squirt melted chocolate over your creation.

Hmm well that's quite a bit to make for only two, I guess I can always take some to Nii-chan and have Aikawa-san come take some home as well. So measuring out all the ingredients he separated the wet from the dry and then went step by step until all was ready. He was rather surprised to see Usagi-san have ramekin containers. I wonder if that came with the whole place or if he just ordered some kitchen mega pack special that came with everything? Pondering he set to work on the cream that he would chill as he also made the mousse that would chill as well and then be added to the rest of the cake.

Akihiko had returned early on his writing seeing as he couldn't seem to keep his concentration for that long. Removing his glasses and pinching the bridge of his nose for a few seconds he saw that Misaki was what he figured to be done with most of the preparation of the dessert. So saving what progress he did manage to do he closed his laptop and waltzed to the kitchen to get himself more coffee and see how his young love was doing.

Misaki was merely cleaning the counter and any other place that he might have used as he was making the cake and the mousse filling. Seeing that everything was all clean and everything was either baking or chilling in the fridge he was going to check on how Usagi-san's writing was going. Turning around he ran into someone and was now stuck between the kitchen counter and the author he was going to check. "Uhh it's not ready yet Usagi-san, why don't I get you some more coffee." Quickly grabbing the empty coffee cup and going to refill it but a hand gently but firmly held his arm and took the cup out of his hands.

Very long update and I do apologize but at least it was finally written. If you hadn't noticed I decided to make this particular food chap into 2 parts. True this one didn't have anything barely in it but that only adds to the suspense doesn't it? Anyways I hope you all like it none the less and start thinking of a food or drink item for the next following fic.

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