Cherry Popper Parfait
Dreamy Chocolate Fudge cake, Bourbon-soaked cherries, Chocolate Pudding, Chocolate Mocha Mousse, and Whipped Cream layers
Yield: 8 small
Materials
Chocolate Cake Mix
- Eggs (as suggested by cake mix)
- Butter or Oil (as suggested by cake mix)
- Water (as suggested by cake mix)
1/2 lb Fresh Cherries (pitted and halved)
1/2 Cup of your Favorite Bourbon to marinate cherries
Chocolate pudding
- 1 5.1oz Jello Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 2 ½ cups Milk (We reduce the milk requested on the pudding box to make the pudding thicker)
Chocolate Mocha Mousse
- 8 oz Mascarpone Cheese
- 1 ⅓ cup Heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 1 ½ tbsp Unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup Kahlua
- ⅔ tsp Instant Espresso powder
Whipped Dairy Topping (Spray can)
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
Soak your fresh Cherries in Bourbon
- Wash, De-stem, and 1/2 the cherries remove the pits and place in a small bowl
- Pour your favorite Bourbon on top
Make Chocolate Cake according to the box instructions
Make Chocolate Pudding
- Prepare instant pudding according to box instructions- eliminating 1/2 cup of milk
- Chill
Prepare Chocolate Mocha Mousse
- Mix Mascarpone cheese, heavy whipping cream, sugar, cocoa, Kahlua, and instant espresso powder
- Whip until you see a consistent and fluffy mixture
Assemble your Parfait
- Use a small clear bowl, wine, or martini glass - Partfaits should be pretty! (The dollar store has inexpensive disposable versions)
- Add a couple of small pieces of cake to start the parfait
- Layer 5-6 Bourbon-soaked cherry halves next
- Add a large spoonful of Chocolate Pudding on top of the cherry layer
- For the next layer, add a large spoonful of Mocha Mousse
- Add a layer of whipped cream
- Repeat layers one additional time (except final whipped topping)
- Keep refrigerated -add the last layer of whipped topping and pecans right before serving
- Garnish with a cherry on top