Peach and Orange Mousse Cake
Another cake for my boyfriend, this one for his 28th birthday. Again I wanted to stay away from fondant, and again I decided to tackle my arch nemesis: gelatine.
So many firsts in this cake. So the fact that it a) set, and b) was edible, was a HUGE relief. Especially since I was taking it to his place to be demolished by a bunch of people who, unlike my family, love cheesecake!
This one is called a peach and orange mousse cake. Although I think of it more as a cheesecake.
The base is, unconventionally, a Madeira cake. I used a plain cake, but you can use anything you like. I just wanted a neutral flavour so as not to pack it too much with flavours and detract from the centre.
In the centre is your white chocolate mousse, with a 1:1 ratio of cream cheese to chocolate. It's fairly subtly flavoured with orange as well. It's topped with a home made orange jelly (oh the stress! Will it/wont it set! Oh why didn't I just buy aeroplane jelly!) and peaches! Which I bought on the day. So they weren't ripe. Slight lack of foresight: DOH!
At his place, his mum provided the matching candles.
And then it was devoured. Yay! I must say, I don't really even like cheesecake. But I loved this. The flavour of the cream cheese is balanced nicely with everything else going on in the mousse, so it wasn't that WHOA CHEESE experience I detest. This is one to revisit!
More on how to make it yourself here @ cakecrumbs
So many firsts in this cake. So the fact that it a) set, and b) was edible, was a HUGE relief. Especially since I was taking it to his place to be demolished by a bunch of people who, unlike my family, love cheesecake!
This one is called a peach and orange mousse cake. Although I think of it more as a cheesecake.
The base is, unconventionally, a Madeira cake. I used a plain cake, but you can use anything you like. I just wanted a neutral flavour so as not to pack it too much with flavours and detract from the centre.
In the centre is your white chocolate mousse, with a 1:1 ratio of cream cheese to chocolate. It's fairly subtly flavoured with orange as well. It's topped with a home made orange jelly (oh the stress! Will it/wont it set! Oh why didn't I just buy aeroplane jelly!) and peaches! Which I bought on the day. So they weren't ripe. Slight lack of foresight: DOH!
At his place, his mum provided the matching candles.
And then it was devoured. Yay! I must say, I don't really even like cheesecake. But I loved this. The flavour of the cream cheese is balanced nicely with everything else going on in the mousse, so it wasn't that WHOA CHEESE experience I detest. This is one to revisit!
More on how to make it yourself here @ cakecrumbs