Sunday, February 04, 2007

Heart-shaped Raspberry Mousse Cake




Ingredients for sponge cake:

120 gm. cake flour
4 nos. medium size eggs
120 gm. sugar
a pinch of salt
65 gm. melted butter

Ingredients for raspberry mousse:

50 ml. fresh milk
20 gm. instant custard
100 gm. raspberry puree - blend fresh raspberries
45 gm. sugar
130 gm. whipped cream
8 gm. gelatine + 40 gm. water (soak together)
a little of lemon juice
1 Tbsp. Kirsch
some chopped raspberry
6 to 7 nos. of petite heart-shaped cake rings

Method:

(1) Whisk eggs and sugar till fluffy.
(2) Fold in melted butter and cake flour alternately till finish. Do not overmix.
(3) Divide mixture into 2 portions. Leave one portion plain and add some chocolate paste into the other portion.
(4) Put batter into piping bags and pipe slanting into a rectangular tray - 11" x 14".
(5) Bake for 10 to 15 mins at 180C or till cooked.
(6) Remove cake from tray and leave it to cool on a wire rack.
(7) Cut out sponge cakes according to your heart shape mould. 1 cake needs two heart shape mould.
(8) For mousse:
Put gelatine and water in a microwave bowl and microwave for about 25 secs.
(9) Mix instant custard with milk.
(10) Boil half of raspberry puree with sugar until sugar dissolved. Add melted gelatine in and mix thoroughly.
(11) Fold in the rest of raspberry pree and lemon juice and leave it to cool.
(12) Fold in whipped cream and kirsch slowly.
(13) Put in a slice of cake into cake ring, piur in some mousse filling and then cover it with another slice of cake. Leave to set in the fridge.
(14) Unmould cakes and decorate the top by piping some flowers with whipped cream.
(15) Serve chilled. Enjoy....

** Instead of raspberry, can use strawberries or blueberries.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow it's really beautiful......can you please share with us your recipe. I would like to bake this cake on Valentines Day for my love one. Many many thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

This is so sweet :)

Happy Valentine, Yochana

Aunty Yochana said...

Thanks Yaha

Happy Valentines day to you too.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty !
Thanks for receipe but can I ask what is Kirsch ? how it look like ? thanks again !

Anonymous said...

Aunty,
Very beautiful cake! Happy Valentine Day to you.

Aunty Yochana said...

Happy Valentine Day to you too Delia.

rgds

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi anonymous.

Kirsch is a kind of cherry liquer and it's transparent... We normally use this liquer to make Blackforest.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty !
Thanks for reply , beside kirsch ,so what I can use for subtitute ? or don't put on it , does it effect to the taste of the cake ?
Thank you !

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi anonymous,
it won't affect the taste if you omit kirsch. Cointreau or Grand Marnier liquer are orange liquer n I wonder if you can use it.
rgds

Nidhi said...

Oh! my God, I am so glad that I found your blog. I am a big desserts person and specially baked desserts. Your blog is awesome and so professional. The heart shaped Raspberry Mousse cake look just out of this world. Your recipes and their presentation is very creative. Will keep visiting for more of your wonderful creations. Thanks, Nidhi.

Aunty Yochana said...

Thanks Nidhi for your compliments.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi,

I stumbled upon your website last night. Your cakes are simply fantastic.. Wish I can bake like you. I love to bake too but right now I am looking for a better oven as my tefal tabletop is failing me. Could you tell me which brand of oven you are using?
Thanks!

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi siew peng,

I used ariston and eka brand.

rgds

yummybakes said...

Aunty,

Divide mixture into 2 portions. Leave one portion plain and add some chocolate paste into the other portion.
(4) Put batter into piping bags and pipe slanting into a rectangular tray - 11" x 14".

** Can I know the no 4 pls : upon diving the mixture into 2 portn, must i bake the choc portion with the other portn which I pour into the piping bag and slant on top of the choc portion and bake isit ?

Rgds
Maha

Aunty Yochana said...

You're right Maha.

rgds

yummybakes said...

Huggzz 2 u aunty, thanks :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty Yochana!
how do you do the decoration using the whipped cream for this cake? you made it so nicely! and i find it difficult to handle using whipped cream to deco. on cakes. do you mind giving me some advice and do you know what else can we use to deco. on cakes? thanks!