Chocolate mouse with lady fingers

If you feel like challenging your baking skills, here is an easy decadent chocolate mouse cake recipe that requires no baking!

I have borrowed the recipe from my mother-in-law as my husband loves it and I have to admit I love it too!

It's fancy enough for company or just family, yet easy enough for any occasion.

Using store-bought ladyfingers for structure makes this mouse easy as a breeze to prepare!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pack of lady fingers

for the cream

• 1lt milk

• 3 eggs

• 3 tbs corn flour

• 4 tbs sugar

• 1tsp vanilla essence

• 1tbs rose water

for the chocolate

• 200 gr dark chocolate

• 100 gr milk chocolate

• 1 tbs brandy

• 1tbs spry butter

• 1 cup milk

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Arrange the lady fingers in a clear deep bowl as shown in the picture above https://www.jo-and-tim.com/product-page/large-salad-bowl

• In a pot, mix the milk, sugar and corn flour and whisk well until dissolved

• Place pot on medium heat and add one by one the eggs and whisk continuously for about 10 minutes until it starts to thicken

• Lower the heat to low and continue whisking for a few more minutes until thickened to a pudding consistency.

• Remove from heat and add rose water and vanilla essence

• Pour the cream on top of the lady fingers and leave to cool for 2-3 hours

In the mean time...

• When the cream have cooled, make the chocolate topping

• Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bain-marie

• Add the brandy and mix well

• When done, remove it from the heat and set aside

• In a mixer bowl, whip the dream topping with milk until stiff peaks form

• Add the dream topping mixture in the melted chocolate and mix well

• Top the cream with the chocolate filling

• Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 4 before serving

Tips:
1. Its an ideal make-ahead dessert for dinner parties or cocktails