Typed out on Sunday (3 days ago), the notes that I jotted down after it was in the oven update regarding finished product follows…
Andrea’s attempt at chocolate espresso mousse cake:
1. The eggs were supposed to be at room temperature. I either didn’t notice that in the recipe, or I forgot.
2. Without a stand mixer, I used my Magic Bullet. If the flat blade can make whipped cream, certainly it can whip eggs and sugar until it holds its shape, right? Wrong. Not only did it not work, I shredded the rubber at the bottom of the flat blade. It wasn’t long ago that I replaced the flat blade because it had screwed off and I couldn’t fix it. Now my second flat blade is wearing out. The flat blade failed me earlier with its inability to chop chocolate. I’m starting to lose faith in this wonderful kitchen appliance.
3. While pouring warm water into the roasting pan for the bain marie (water bath, but I wanted to sound cool) I splashed some into the springform pan that held the cake. I tried blotting it with paper towel but this didn’t work.
Another note: I had trouble chopping the chocolate. Without the patience to use a regular knife I tried the Magic Bullet and a hammer. In the end I used a knife and chopped in bigger pieces than I wanted to. Photos below will document this.
And so, the cake might be more mousse than cake. The above link is the recipe I used, only I replaced some of the espresso with Kalua and it wasn’t actually espresso but strong drip coffee.
Results (as posted on Wednesday, when I’m really posting this)…
It’s more cake than mousse, which I think is what I meant to say above. It’s dense and seems like a flourless brownie. The eggs definitely needed to be whipped lighter. Also, I think I replaced too much coffee with kahlua. Almost everyone who tasted it, including an Israeli man, commented on the strong flavour.
Still tasty, but I don’t think I’d make it again without proper equipment. Too bad, because it was easy and took few ingredients. Most of the ingredients were stuff I had around the apartment, I just had to pick up more chocolate.
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