Well, the end of the semester caught up with me, so while the tasting fair for my final mousse cake has come and gone, my blog remains the same. I do want to post the final project and mention how I came upon the decision for the final recipe.
- Trial 2: Changed cake base to a brownie base-this yielded a denser bottom, a nice ending place to land your fork after sliding though layers of mousse, caramel, nuts, and truffle. An excellent choice!
- Trial 3: Flavor change to mocha-this added a subtle coffee flavor in the brownie and mousse, which was good, but I eliminated the nuts and caramel since I didn't want such a crazy medley of flavors. I employed the use of mini-springform pans which helped tremendously with the ease in preparation and look in presentation.
- Trial 4: Even though I loved the mousse, for the sake of modification, I changed it to incorporate some cream cheese. I had seen recipes with cream or mascarpone mousse, so I gave it a try. It was ok, but too thick and sticky for my liking.
- Trials 5 & 6: I combined these trials together to change the truffle ganache to add some cream cheese (again, something that I had seen for a truffle recipe online) and to change a flavor component by adding Oreo's (from a friend's request). I preferred the traditional ganache, but I got great reviews with the Oreo's, so I had to really evaluate and decide what would be best for the final recipe.
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