Mango Crème Mousseline Cake

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Preparation info
  • Makes one 3-layer

    8 round

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

  • About

Here, a cake ring is used to make a cake that is perfectly even on top and on the sides. The cake is then surrounded with little cat’s tongue cookies and the top of the cake is decorated with a translucent mango mirror. The effect is very professional and the method adaptable to any fruit. Most recipes for mirrors call for half apricot preserves (or whatever preserves have the appropriate color) and half strained fruit puree (coulis). The jam provides pectin, which helps the mirror set with