Dark Chocolate Mousse & Hazelnut Rice Krispy Cake

Before we move deeper into the recipe, I contemplated a long time whether this should go onto my post. A simple reason really as I don't think I did enough justice to this decadent treat. You will understand better later. This is almost like 2 desserts in 1. A cake and a bar? No clue really, but I went ahead and called it a cake; although it didn't require any baking, and mixing any cake batter. As a child, I had always love those dainty chic looking cakes where they are usually paired with a genoise or hazelnut praline crunch which are then topped with fluffy flavoured mousse. So there I was in the kitchen, toying around with the idea of making a thick luscious layer of dark chocolate mousse paired with a crunchy base coated in hazelnut spread. Alas came DARK CHOCOLATE MOUSSE & HAZELNUT RICE KRISPY CAKE; certainly a watering mouthful treat. You will definitely love the layer of the Chocolate Mousse.

Difficulty level? Perhaps between easy to intermediate? In my opinion, this treat is really simple to put together. Apart from heating cream, melting the chocolate and manually whisking the egg yolks by hand, while making the mousse, there are not many complicated steps overall. In the past I made a cheats chocolate mousse without tempering any yolks, but this time round, I decided to stick to the origins of making a mousse. Sometimes, it's best to make something from scratch as the additional effort is well worth it. Don't you think?

I L♥VE the rich dark flavour of the mousse. Light, fluffy, and creamy that melts immediately in the mouth. Perhaps I have found a winner here on a chocolate mousse recipe that is worth keeping. Then again, what could possibly go wrong? I mean who doesn't enjoy chocolate right? For those of you non-dark chocolate lovers, you may just be missing out on something so great that it's almost orgasmic if not better.

Unfortunately, I wasn't too happy with the hazelnut rice krispy base. I know I will be working further on this recipe till I find a perfect base. Don't get me wrong. Taste wise is perfect and delicious. However, I  found the rice krispy to be a little too chewy and that was surely a workout to my jaw. From memory, I recalled that rice krispy is light, airy and crunchy. On the contrary, I'd say. Perhaps the ones sold from the specialty bakery store are slightly different? So many possibilities, and assumptions. Bottom line, this recipe has a ton of potential and room for improvement. Heck, I may even replace the bottom with genoise instead and start layering other flavours along.

Therefore peeps, stay tune.. For now, I will not be posting the recipe until I have perfected this cake where I think it deserves the recognition it should have. Apologize for my anal perfectionism disorder. Lastly, I do hope these photos will intrigue you to continue to look out for this cake recipe as it will definitely be making a reappearance.

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