COFFEE MOUSSE & MOCHA MOUSSE 14 JUNE 2023
I've been wanting to try this COFFEE MOUSSE for quite some time, and I finally did so tonight.
Mixing station #1 . . . Then I thought, What if we don't like the coffee flavor? That's a lotta whipping cream to waste. So I decided to make the entire recipe, divide the mixture in half, add cocoa powder, extra sugar & chocolate sprinkles to one half to make MOCHA MOUSSE. I hoped. And that's why there is a box of DROSTE™ Cocoa Powder at the mixing station. Again I get to use this wonderful little scale . . . I had asked Neal to bring home a small jar of instant coffee, and these seven sachets were only one gram less than required . . . (SPOILER ALERT: I could've used HALF the required amount and the taste would've been much better.) Again with the scale . . . Mixing station #2 . . . Coffee mixture into the whipping cream . . . At this point, I gave it a taste. IT. WAS. NASTY! So I mixed in about anothere half cup of powdered sugar. Dividing the mixture in half, I used these two plastic containers . . . The COFFEE MOUSSE half . . . . . . and the MOCHA MOUSSE half . . . I must add that altho I was born in the country that produces DROSTE™ chocolate, I NEVER wore a headpiece like that . . .
. . . except for one time as a tourist in Volendam, early 1954. Also the only time I ever wore wooden shoes . . . (An aunt at the extreme left; no idea who the other woman is.)
I added 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon vanilla bean sugar & 1/4 cup chocolate jimmies to half of the mixture . . . . . and used the mixer again to blend, as the cocoa powder would NOT incorporate into the whipped cream by hand. The results . . . The silver glitter is from the second purchase; it is no different than my first purchase. If I were to make COFFEE MOUSSE again, I would make it with half the instant coffee. I did not realize how STRONG those granules are. If I were to make MOCHA MOUSSE again, I would make it with melted chocolate, rather than cocoa. I also would NOT serve either at 9 p.m.; we ate the MOCHA MOUSSE at that time. I think I'll be awake for a loooooong time. It's already after 12 a.m., and we are both still typing on our computers. THE NEXT DAY . . . If you like espresso coffee, this COFFEE MOUSSE is for you! The flavor tones down after the first or second spoonful; I really like it. I would NEVER have my coffee this strong, tho.
THE ORIGINAL RECIPE
THE RECIPE I MADE UP FOR COFFEE MOUSSE & MOCHA MOUSSE

LEMON MOUSSE WITH A GOLDEN OREO BASE
& BLACKBERRY ACCENTS HERE