This week’s SMS was chosen by Spike of Spike Bakes: easy chocolate mousse! I’ll just go ahead and say it (and of course, no offense to Spike intended): I don’t like chocolate mousse, or any flavor mousse for that matter. It reminds me of pudding, which I also don’t really like. Shane does like mousse though, and since this recipe only called for a few ingredients I figured I’d scale it back and let him give it a shot!
I made 1/3 of the recipe which yielded enough mousse for the dish you see in the photos as well as a tiny ramekin. I spooned some mousse into the bottom of the dish and then to make it look more decorative, I piped a few stars on top. This recipe was simple, simple, simple but it did leave me with a big stack of dirty dishes. We’ve got an assortment of homemade desserts at our house right now, but when it came time for a snack tonight Shane went straight for this mousse. He declared it a hit – light, fluffy and delicious – something he’d definitely want me to make again!
A big thanks to Spike for her selection this week! You can find the recipe for the chocolate mousse on her site and if you’re interested, stop by the SMS site to see how the rest of the bakers fared this week. Whether you’re a fan of Valentine’s Day or not, I hope you all have a wonderful day with the ones you love!
Lemon Bars
Glazed Grapefruit Cake
Orange Sherbet
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
Tracey…. no mousse, no pudding??? 🙂 Well, at least you can make it – it looks fantastic piped like that! Funny what people like and don’t like! I’ll make a note not to send you either on your birthday. I’m glad it was easy, at least – although I thought mousse was more labor intensive than pudding. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Very pretty presentation, Tracey! I like chocolate mousse a lot but it’s been a while since I’ve made it. Might have to do something about that… =)
Yummy I love chocolate mouse. Really very pretty presented 🙂 Happy Valentine’s day
You really made that mousse look very pretty…glad your sweetie liked it and Happy Valentine’s Day. Peace and Love, Stephanie
Good for you for making it even though you don’t care for mousse. It looks gorgeous!
Great looking piped mousse! I really am not a hudge pudding/mousee fan but I would eat yours in a heartbeat! I had this cake on my mind all week so I didn’t participate with SMS this week. Our household can only take so many sweets!
I hope your Valentines day is super special!
So pretty! I love chocolate mousse and this was a big hit with both my husband and me. You did a fantastic job with the presentation.
It looks so pretty piped in the dish like that, I’m glad Shane enjoyed it. I have been busy with other kitchen projects (croissants proofing right now!), but I am going to try to squeeze the mousse in today. Happy Valentine’s Day!
I love the presentation! Looks delicious!
Love how you piped your mousse! So pretty! I left something for you on my blog. Happy Valentine’s day!
Oh Tracey, your post for the mousse is very sweet! I love the ending, wishing everyone a wonderful day with the ones they love, even if they do not celebrate Valentines.
Your mousse looks delicious! The stars are perfectly shaped and the mousse is stiff enough to hold a well defined star.
i agree about mousse & pudding. the texture just blechs me out
Beautiful! Love the piping!
Nice to see yours turned out more like I would think it would turn out. Mine had “chips”.
That’s so cute! I agree with Shane – it was very light and fluffy. I liked this recipe.
What an elegant presentation. I wish I was eating at your house this week. It looks divine.
Happy Valentines! Thanks for sharing this one to us! I can’t wait to try this at home!
How pretty!! I only made 1/2 of the recipe and I still came out with 4 servings, mousse for me tonight then 🙂
Katie xox
I can’t believe you don’t like chocolate mousse!!! I didn’t know anyone didn’t like chocolate mousse… But you did a stunning job with the presentation – just lovely x
Great job on your mousse. I had plans to make it, but we just had too many desserts laying around to justify making another!
Yum… I love mousse! I love the way you piped it into stars on the top… Looks absolutely beautiful!
Very pretty, Tracey. Glad hubby liked it. I skipped the mousse.
I’m not an avid fan of chocolate mousse but this one looks absolutely great. The presentation was nice and two thumbs up for your creativeness.
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Love the presentation with it all piped on like that. I’m glad that your valentine loved it!
I love the piping work! It is so beautiful! And I am glad it was a hit!
no offense taken! Glad Shane liked it!