chocolate peanut butter mousse mini-cakes
This is a chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse, topped with milk chocolate “ganache”, chocolate shavings, and a chocolate covered espresso bean, and dusted ever so lightly with edible gold dust.
I made mini cakes using my favorite chocolate cake batter. These were taken out of their cups and sliced into thirds. I then filled the layers with peanut butter mousse. The “ganache” was somewhat improvisational, as I only had milk chocolate on hand (though I would have preferred using semi or bittersweet). The high ratio of heavy cream to chocolate resulted in the drippy consistency which I embraced by letting it run over the sides. I topped the cakes with a chocolate covered espresso bean, chocolate shavings and gold dust.
September 21st, 2007 at 6:57 am
Greetings from Down Under – I was just doing a google search for “pretty cakes” for a little inspiration. My young niece’s birthday is coming up and thought maybe it’s possible for me to make a pretty looking girly cake instead of buying one. I’ve made about 10 cakes in my life, all of them just plain chocolate served with a dollop of icecream. I’m lucky enough to have come across your blog tonight. I’m new to the whole blog reading thing and have found some of them very inspirational including the yumminess of your wonderful blog. I’d like to see a little info/intro on you on the ‘home’/most recent page though. Thanks for sharing and bye for now, I’m about to trawl through your archives!
September 29th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Hi Sara. Thank you for your comments. This site is still a work in progress and I will definitely work on my “about” page! Hope your niece’s cake turns out great!