Heavenly Orange Chocolate Mousse Cake

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The sun is shining and the birds are singing... spring is definitely in the air! For me, that means it's a great time to bake something. I haven't done much baking since the holidays, so I've been itching to pull out my mixer, fire up my oven, and get down to business making a sweet treat. I didn't have anything in mind last week, but sometimes inspiration comes when you aren't really looking. I was at Fresh Thyme and saw these cute little mandarin oranges and thought they'd look especially lovely on a cake. So, I brought some home, headed to Golden Blossom Honey to see what they had in the way of cake recipes, and lo and behold, there sat this Heavenly Orange Chocolate Mousse Cake that was just begging for me to make it. 

The cake is great served as is, but with the temperatures starting to warm up now, I really like to keep it stored in the freezer instead of the refrigerator because then it's more like an ice cream cake. And who doesn't love a slice of ice cream cake? I know I do! The the orange and chocolate is such a fun springtime and summertime flavor combination, you'll get a lot of mileage out of this recipe using it all the way through the end of summer. I want to point out that the recipe did call to sift cocoa powder over the top of the cake, and in my haste to dig in, I forgot to do that. Whoops! It does already have a strong chocolate flavor, so flavor wise, it's unnecessary, but if you're going for presentation, make sure you don't forget this step like I did. 

Ingredients

Cake:
1 cup butter
9 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup sugar
5 eggs
1/2 cup groud hazelnuts, toasted

Mousse:
3 cups orange juice
1/4 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
2 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
3 Tablespoons lemon juice
14 ounces white chocolate
6 Tablespoons sour cream
2 cups heavy whipping cream

Garnish:
canned mandarin oranges, well drained
cocoa powder

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What's one of your favorite things to make once spring hits?