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Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Mini Cakes

2009/02/13 / 46 Comments
“Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.”
Anthony Trollope
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Time to experiment again. The boy comes home from school every afternoon & asks me what I did the ‘whole‘ day. He wants a blow-by-blow account…& keeps saying “And Mama, and what else, and…and”, a pregnant pause between each question, in the vain hope that I’ll say I made dessert. Today he was thrilled because I eventually said, “and laundry, & working on the PC….”& finally said … “and I made some dessert.” Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse9There was a thunderbolt…a lightning of a smile! How can I break his heart so often? I often do because he has a sweet tooth, & I’m a pretty tough mother (read witch-like!)! Here is some love for him, which all of us LOVED!! Was fun making it too because I was very impatient to see if I got the layers, & if it set in a mousse…yippee, I did get visible layers, & yippee, it set after all!! Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse2
It’s just these darned strawberries. Passionate, red, delicious creatures. Absolutely irresistible. Even though I try & walk away from the shelves, they call me back gently. I bought some more today…strawberries+INA15Strawberries are popping out of every nook & cranny in the market these days…ripe, red & beautiful. They’re only going to last a short while as the days are becoming unseasonably hot, highs of 28C, & with very few refrigerated shops, they are FRAGILE! Corner shops, local vendors, supermarkets, they’re all brimming with these luscious strawberries. Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse10
I keep seeing these beautiful individually plated desserts that people make, & have been collecting condensed milk tins for a while. We don’t get any specialised baking tins etc in India, & they are pretty steep when we go overseas. Besides, there is always so much more to buy. Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse4 1These tins are nice & handy, & I finally have a collection of 8 tins, tops & bottoms cut off neatly with a can opener. I even use a ring to make a ring cake by placing it in the centre of a Springform cake tin, to make a ring mould.Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse

STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE YOGURT MOUSSE
My recipe
Biscuit base
Ingredients:
100gms digestive biscuits; ground
4 tbsp melted butter
Method:

  • Mix the crumbs in with the melted butter to form the crumb mixture for the base.

Strawberry Mousse
Ingredients:
200gms Curd Cheese (made by hanging yogurt for 24 hours)
200gms Cream
2tbsps gelatin
200gms Strawberries; pureed
4-5 tbsps powdered sugar Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse3Method:

  • Line the mousse tins with baking parchment.
  • Sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 cup water, & leave in a bowl of hot water until it becomes a clear liquid.
  • Blend the curd cheese, strawberries & powdered sugar together until smooth. Add the clear gelatin & whisk again till well blended.
  • This makes the dark strawberry mousse. Once you use a portion of this in the first mousse layer, add the whipped cream to the rest to make the light strawberry layer.

Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse14Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients:
200gms dark chocolate
100ml Cream
1 tsp gelatin
Method:

  • Sprinkle gelatin powder over 2 tbsps of cold water, & leave over a bowl of hot water until clear.
  • Put the dark chocolate & cream in a pan over low heat till melted, cool & stir in the clear gelatin. Mix gently but uniformly. Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse15

Assembly

Line the tins with baking parchment on the inside. Line a tray with foil, & place the tins upright on them.

  • Put 1 – 1 1/2 tbsp of biscuit mixture into each tin, & press down firmly with the end of a narrow glass to make a base.
  • Top with a about 1-2 tbsps of the dark strawberry mousse (sans cream) into each. Now mix the cream into the mousse & divide equally among the tins.
  • If you don’t have metal moulds or rings, you can always set them in glasses.Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse12
  • Divide the chocolate mousse between the tins, topping the light strawberry mousse. Leave to set for 4-5 hours, or better overnight.
  • Gently dislodge from tins before serving. Garnish with fresh strawberries & chocolate flakes etc.Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse8

    • Have a LOVEly day today…Strawberry+Chocolate+Yogurt+Mousse13

    Quaintly enough, the 13th of Feb also marks the day the hub & me met 19 years ago….

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    This recipe is being sent to Original Recipes @ Culinarty for Lore’s ongoing event.

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    Posted by Deeba @ PAB

    About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

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    46 Comments

    • Snooky doodle

      2009/02/13 at 8:40 pm Reply

      These mousse cakes look so nice and creamy 🙂 and chocolate and strawberries are so decadent. Nice dessert for Valentine’s day .

    • noble pig

      2009/02/13 at 10:08 pm Reply

      Of course he wants to know what you did all day I would too and wondering if dessert is lurking somewhere.

      These are just beautiful! Wow!

    • Gloria Chadwick

      2009/02/13 at 11:51 pm Reply

      Deeba, your food is beautiful and delicious, as always! I love reading your posts. Happy Meeting Day Anniversary to you and hub. 🙂
      There’s an award for you on my blog. Hugs.

    • Nags

      2009/02/14 at 3:31 am Reply

      these look divine. i can imagine how long it must have taken you to do all of this.. amazing!

    • Maya

      2009/02/14 at 4:11 am Reply

      Wow, these are looking just superb Deeba!! What a nice idea to use the tins for the mousse. I came to check ur orange chocolate gateau to make it, but got stuck looking at all these goodies here :). Have a great weekend ..

    • linda

      2009/02/14 at 10:57 am Reply

      Clever using the condensed milk tins!
      Very pretty dessert, delicious too! Love the verrine version a lot too!

    • Natalie...

      2009/02/14 at 11:28 am Reply

      Wow is all I can say!! These look so delicious!! No wonder your son loves dessert with stuff like thsi!

    • diva

      2009/02/14 at 12:30 pm Reply

      i love mousse!! it’s so cute and romantic – always. Deeba, you did it again. you created a sexy dessert, and the cuteness of that pink is so dazzling i’m actually dying right here……xx

    • Elenka

      2009/02/14 at 4:14 pm Reply

      That is the most beautiful dessert I have ever seen !! I don’t know if I have the energy to make it! I need to translate it first. I don’t have a clue what digestive biscuits are, and I have to transcribe the measurement to U.S. Someday, I’d like to try, though.
      Looks delicious!

    • Happy cook

      2009/02/14 at 6:10 pm Reply

      If yougive me this i will also have a lightning of a smile.
      Looks so yumm yumm delicious.

    • Anonymous

      2009/02/14 at 8:38 pm Reply

      I just got off the Hindustan Times reading the archives wondering what all the fuss was about pink chaddis, pink sarees and what not… depressing that was. But its certainly uplifting to come here and see a beautiful pink dessert! I am into strawberries too, made a strawberry crisp today for dessert. Yummo! will surely try this, have a load of berries to finish because they spoil. Thks Angela

    • Lore

      2009/02/15 at 9:26 am Reply

      You’re not only creative when it comes to concocting a recipe but also in finding ways to substitute for baking tools: BRAVO!
      The cakes looks wonderfully creamy and inviting, perfect for your anniversary :). Thanks for sharing them with Original Recipes!

    • Bellini Valli

      2009/02/15 at 2:35 pm Reply

      These are absolutely beautiful Deeba for any occasion. I can’t wait for strawberries to grace our stores…California strawberries willbe coming soon, although we do get strawberries all year round but not juicy, flavourful ones.

    • Bren

      2009/02/15 at 5:45 pm Reply

      what a beautiful array of colors and distinct tastes! I really like the mousse idea! Hope you had a great v-day!

    • Akal's Saappadu

      2009/02/15 at 10:45 pm Reply

      Beautiful pictures of this fragile yet delicious dessert, I’m mouthwatering , perfectly presented! hmm, lucky people at home! lovely!

    • Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella

      2009/02/15 at 11:59 pm Reply

      Happy Valentines Day Deeba! And an absolutely perfect cake to celebrate it with. I can imagine swooning at that 😀

    • Maris

      2009/02/16 at 3:09 am Reply

      This looks delicious – I love how pretty the layers look next to one another. What a great dessert presentation.

    • Gigi

      2009/02/16 at 6:46 am Reply

      Spectacular dessert! Great idea on saving the tins. I always want to make individual desserts but never have enough small tins to do so.

    • Uj

      2009/02/16 at 8:35 am Reply

      19 years! wow… nice way of using condensed milk tins. Looks delicious. Another one bookmarked to try. I have bookmarked so many recipes to make from your blog!

    • Purnima

      2009/02/16 at 1:26 pm Reply

      Firstly..the mousse is just lipsmacking adorable! I spent so many mins just lookin at it! THe next in reading n trying to see if I can use my memory to store this recipe 😀 I give up..cant..
      MIND BLOWING..tip to use the Nestle tins! Wow..honestly the layers n the recipe n killer pics! Too good Deeba!! HAPPY belated VD!

    • Dharm

      2009/02/16 at 2:13 pm Reply

      Oh you wicked witch!! That dessert looks just lovely. It’s always nice to spoil the kids with a luscious dessert. Kids have such a high metabolic rate and they are so active that I”m sure there’s no harm in him enjoying his desserts!!

    • Jeanne

      2009/02/16 at 11:36 pm Reply

      Oh, that’s too gorgeous! I want to come to that too 🙂 And congrats on the 19 years – we are coming up on the 11 year anniversary of our first date!

    • Bharti

      2009/02/18 at 4:40 am Reply

      So so pretty Deeba! Gorgeous. And you’re kidding..I can’t imagine you witch like at all. Happy meeting day!

    • Ricardo

      2009/02/18 at 12:44 pm Reply

      Fantastic desert . even though I have a few on my blog I have to bow to yours as you really know how to pull them…thx for sharing it…cheers

    • Purnima

      2009/03/01 at 2:42 pm Reply

      Deeba, Whoa..now I truly u/stand how difficult designing this might hv been! I hv sent a mail..ur after recipe tips hv been used by me. My first time at gelatin/mousse! 😀
      (Been 19 yrs since u both met! Wow! Lucky Hub!)

    • manjeet

      2012/03/05 at 4:14 pm Reply

      Hi Deeba,
      Have a sob story to share. I have tried whipping up Amul Fresh Cream into some semblance of whipped cream thrice now.. I have tried all methods possible and published in all sites , but to no avail.
      Can you please share the secret behind this? I have tried your method also , obviously. But forget about soft peaks . My cream refuses to move away from its liquid state even after whipping consistently.

      • manjeet

        2012/03/07 at 12:03 pm Reply

        Thanks for the reply Deeba..:)
        I live in Mumbai where we have only hot and humid weather.. all year round..:)
        So might as well give up on this assignment and pick up ready made frosting powders from Haiko..my store in Powai..Thanks all the same..I feel much relieved and soothed now 🙂

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