I have a long, loving history with the mousse cake. It is my favorite dessert to make and consume, and as a result I keep coming back to it. Since mousse is essentially poetry in food form, I will recount my past with this delightful confection in haiku. Ahem.
Part One: Culinary School and Learning
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| Lemon Mousse Dome |
Culinary school
I entered you and I learned
The ways of mousse cakes
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| Raspberry Mango Mousses |
Unfortunately
I had not learned how to fold
Egg whites in well. Oops.
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| Awkward. |
Eventually
I got pretty darn good, though
So thanks for that, man
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| S’mores Mousse, Cracker Ice Cream in a Sugar Bowl |
Part Two: An Ode to Mousse Cakes
Oh, mousse cake, you cad
You come in so many forms
Like in a neat roll
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| Mango Passionfruit Roll |
Or even in a
Big skinny chocolate cup
See, like this one here!
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| Espresso Mousse, Hazelnut Crunch, Chocolate Rum Sauce |
I have wrapped you up
In ladyfinger blankets
topped in fruit. Cozy.
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| Fruit Mousse Charlotte |
I’ve made you tear shaped
And piped lemons on your side
I am cool that way.
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| Lemon Raspberry Mousse |
There is no limit
To your fancy fanciness.
Videogames. Bam.
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| Mango Passionfruit Mousse |
Those look delightful! I love me some chocolate mousse cake, I have one every year on my birthday. I’m especially intrigued by the s’mores mousse. I love all things s’mores.
Chocolate mousse is pretty much a classic. I’m not much of a chocolate person, but even I’m pretty fond of it!