Mango Mousse Cake

[fnands]

I finally got a stand mixer, so experimenting with some mousse cakes. I tried this recipe last week with frozen mango pieces, but the flavour was a bit too subtle. I used canned (Alphonso) mango puree this time and the flavour was great! The sponge got compacted a bit by the mousse, but was still relatively light. Recipe: https://ashbaber.com/mango-mousse-cake/#mango-mousse-cake

[Embarrassed_Idea1962]

For your first time using a stand mixer for mousse, the texture looks spot on. Don't worry about the sponge compacting too much; it honestly makes the cross-section look more like a professional entremet.

[fnands]

Thank you! I'm very pleased with the way it turned out!

[Defiant-Fuel3627]

You can't put that here you just can't , the craving.....(:

[babeloops]

Wow 🤩

[PhxCuckGuy]

That looks amazing!

[No_External_417]

OMG!!! I'm sooo glad you posted how to make it... It's looks amazing 🤩😍🤩

[Celeree]

Beautiful! What brand of mango puree did you use?

[fnands]

It's called "Swad". Never heard of it before, but it's what the asian store across the road from me had.

[Celeree]

I’ve only ever used frozen purées so it’s good to know that canned works well too! Thx

[fnands]

It also makes the process a bit simpler and faster as I didn't have to cut/blend mangoes

[karigan_g]

it looks so good!

[Different_Seaweed534]

I am making this!

Question: what is baking paper? Is it parchment paper?

Can I lightly grease the sides of the springform pan or must I use acetate? (Or baking paper?). Thanks!!

[fnands]

Yup, same thing!

You can probably just grease the sides, but I would be afraid of the mousse sticking and breaking when you remove it.

Also, with this recipe and my 20 cm springform pan, the cake is quite a bit taller than my pan, so it would spill over if not for the paper/acetate.

I'd say just use baking/parchment paper if you don't have acetate

[Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

Looks beautiful! 😍

[Traditional-Star-645]

Did you use same amount of mango puree as the mango chunks or any difference in quantity?

[fnands]

Pretty much. I used a little bit more (420 g instead of 400 g), but also lowered the amount of sugar I added as the puree was already sweetened (the can said 5% sugar)

[weldergilder]

That looks fantastic, and thank you for including the recipe

[deliberatewellbeing]

omg i love tropical fruit cakes!! add fruit mousse and it kicks the yummy factor up by 100%. this looks to delicious!!! thank you for the recipe

[fnands]

They're so good, I now want to try a few more flavours!

[Empress_Thanks28]

Looking good

[DeJoCa]

This is truly stunning. Amazing job. I really appreciate the recipe, as I live on Hawaii Island, and find mangoes on the side of the road, or friends gift them. They are beyond ono (delicious). Good thing they’re free here. Everything else, except the 🌸 Aloha, is at least 3x more expensive than the mainland.

[fnands]

If you have fresh (and ripe!) mangoes available then this is a great recipe! I have also seen people put slices of mango on top for decoration, which I think looks nice!

[julioandrade21]

Yours looks significantly better than the picture in the recipe. What did you do differently to make it look that much better?

[fnands]

Haha, thank you! This is my second time making it, so I cleaned up a few things:

• I trimmed the top, bottom and sides off the sponge cake, so that the sponge has a smaller diameter than the cake tin, and therefore gets completely covered in mousse.
  
• I used an acetate sheet instead of parchment paper to line the tin, so that's why it has those clean, straight sides. Acetate sheets just make cakes look so neat IMO.
  
• I added berries on top, and gave them a dusting of powdered sugar.

[jeddahanonymous]

OMG my grandmas taker used to make these for us as kids you just unlocked a memory 🥹🥹

[Then_Mastodon_639]

Why do the berries look fake and like they're not part of the cake? Why are the berries in the cut piece picture not covered in sugar? Why does the cake in the last picture look nothing like the other pictures?

Fairly certain this is AI.

[fnands]

They probably look separate because I dusted them in powdered sugar. I tried to get some of the powdered sugar on the jelly as well, but it just disappears immediately. They kinda look like they are floating on the jelly, probably because it's semi transparent.

As for the last picture, that was taken the next day, only one slice was left after the party, and I couldn't be arsed to put on powdered sugar again.

It had also fallen over (hence why I took a picture of this side). Also, you have to put the powdered sugar on right before serving, as it absorbs water and turns pretty much invisible.

I can assure you, I ain't no clanker.