I made the chocolate cake recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking which is ridiculously easy & also made the chocolate mousse recipe from the same book. I thought the mousse tasted a bit tofu-y to start with but added a bit of maple syrup & once it chilled for awhile didn't taste like tofu at all. I then just cut the tops off the cupcakes & scooped a little hole into each cake which I filled with mousse. The mousse didn't set as well as I had hoped so it came out the sides a bit once I put the tops back on. But after sitting the cakes in the fridge for a couple of hours the mousse set more. I had originally planned to make a ganache to cover each cake with, but had heaps of mousse left over so served the cakes topped with a dollop of mousse. These ended up being delicious, but verrrry rich.
I always feel the same way about making two much cake for the two of us to chow through but I liked the suggestion I was given recently of buying quite small cake tins and reducing the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious - birthdays are a good excuse to eat rich baking - though who needs excuses! You make me feel I should use my joy of vegan baking more as I see all the stuff you make from it
Looks awesome. This year I didn't get a birthday cake which is kind of ironic since I make lots of people cakes and cupcakes for their birthdays, I might need to make up for it next year :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday again to Greg@
Omg yum!!! I have a bit of an aversion to uncooked tofu, but I bet they'd be delicious with an avocado/raw chocolate mousse too! So good.
ReplyDeleteThey look like the perfect way to celebrate a birthday!
ReplyDeleteJohanna - That is a really good idea about using smaller tins, I hadn't actually thought about that!
ReplyDeleteKristy - You seem to make amazing birthday cake for people, shame you didn't get one :(
Penny - I have never tried an avocodo/chocolate mousse but I think it would be delicious.
Mandee - Cake is the perfect way top celebrate everything ;)
I've had avocado-based chocolate mousse too and it's pretty nice, but I think the best chocolate mousse is based on cashews. :-> You can also use some tofu to make it lower on fat, but definitely use some cashews.
ReplyDeleteCashew based mousse sounds amazing!!
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