Mirror Glaze Birthday Chocolate Mousse Cake

Mini chocolate mousse cakes on a brownie base are covered with a gorgeous glossy mirror glaze that s swirled to look like the galaxy.

Mirror glaze birthday chocolate mousse cake. Chef dominique ansel s chocolate cake recipe is the perfect canvas for this dark chocolate mirror glaze. Let the chocolate drips until it stops. Cherry chocolate mousse cake part 4. It provides a startling white chocolate flavor and vibrant blackberry purple color that stands out in contrast to the white chocolate mousse.

Preparing the chocolate deco. The mirror glaze is the most n trend. The mirror glaze now to the messy and slightly wasteful part making the mirror glaze for the cherry chocolate mousse cake. This recipe makes enough glaze for two 8 inch cakes.

Remember the mirror glaze will only work on a mousse cake an airy texture is key to the mousse s role in. Note that there are some lengthy chilling periods involved in this recipe so although the time in kitchen isn t bad you will want to make sure you give yourself enough time to prep everything. Store glaze in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Mirror glaze can be made up to 5 days ahead of time.

Bring the firmed mousse from the fridge. The final touch is a glaze of melted white chocolate colored purple on top of the cake. Cut gelatin into 1 inch strips and submerge in cool water for at least 5 minutes to soften. This chocolate mousse cake with chocolate torte insert dressed in mirror glaze is an absolute treat when you want to show off your dessert skills.

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator and rewarm to ideal temperature before using. A few extra steps in the making but well worth the efforts when people see the hidden chocolate torte inside this chocolate mousse cake. This cake turned out quite a fun cake to make a combination of bake and no bake cake. Once the mirror glaze reaches 35 c 95 f pour it over the mousse cake.

This part should be made the morning you want to serve the cakes but that is fine because everything is currently in the freezer. Mirror glaze brownie mousse cake another request by someone. Refrigerate the cake for 1 2 hours. Use an offset spatula to clean up the drips.

Add some grated chocolate around the rim of the cake.