The birthday and the triple chocolate mousse cakes were a success! Unfortunately, the birthday guy had to step in and help me in a couple of places which is certainly not ideal. I think not having a stand alone mixer can make a difference in these recipes since a couple of things needed to happen all at the same time. Any recipe that uses the phrase “meanwhile” more than once is probably above my skill level. However, we had a pretty good time making it, and I finally had a chance to use my sieve. Next time, I’ve promised him that we’ll take a break between rounds of mousse making. We did the milk chocolate and bittersweet mousses back to back, and I was a little bit of a task master there at the end.

I also would like to get bigger pastry bag tips like Martha suggested. I grabbed the All-Purpose Disposable Decorating Bag & Tips Set from Wilton while I was stocking up on extra ramekins. I loved the fact that I could just throw away the pastry bags at the end (my other set is not like that), but the tips still could have been bigger. I ended up using the star tip, and there’s a noticeable ridged pattern in the sides of the mousse cakes.

Everyone was pretty stuffed from dinner, and our favorite waitress brought us extra desserts since it was Mr. Slippers’ birthday. By the time we all got back to our mousse cakes, we could barely move let alone eat another dessert. Everyone stuffed in as many bites as they could handle, and let’s just say there were plenty of left over mousse cakes waiting in the fridge. They really are yummy. The mousses are very creamy and smooth with just the right blend of flavors.