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10/24/2002 Entry: "First recipe"

I've made up my own recipes before, but I never really wrote any of them down. Thus, I can never reproduce them. Today I created my first official recipe -- Milk Chocolate Mango Mousse Cake. It's actually a hack from different recipes I've accumulated. It's a biscuit cake with one layer of milk chocolate mousse and one layer of mango mousse.

I was afraid it wouldn't turn out ok because I only approximated the measurements; which in baking, is sort of taboo. But I just decided to try my luck. The mango mousse was a little soft so I increased the gelatin from 1/2 to 1 package. It is imperative that you use Philippine mangoes. Heh, ok, any sweet mangoes will do. I'm just a fruit snob.

I'm not going to show you a picture of it because it's in the fridge downstairs and I'm too lazy. I tasted the milk chocolate mousse and the mango mousse individually and they taste great. I'm not sure how they taste together because I only made enough for one cake and I have to give it to my godmother for her birthday tomorrow. Feel free to substitute bittersweet chocolate for the milk chocolate. I just used that because I have a lot of them in my fridge, and I think dark chocolate might overpower the mangoes. If you have any questions, just email me.