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Plated Desserts Made Simple #3: Creative Mousse Desserts

Name: Plated Desserts Made Simple #3: Creative Mousse Desserts
Rating: 4.5 (12 reviews)

Create an endless variety of stunning and delicious mousse desserts in many shapes, flavors and presentations!

Created byCake Nuvo - Online Baking School

Last updated 8/2021

English

What you'll learn

Create unique and exquisite plated mousse desserts, that are sure to wow your family, friends and customers.
Express your own creativity and create your own mousse desserts, with unique flavors and presentations!
Learn professional-level techniques and skills such as masking chocolate shapes, swirls, spoons and 3d Tuile cookies.
Advance your career by learning many important recipes and sophisticated decoration skills.

Course content

14 sections • 36 lectures • 1h 40m total length

Introduction5:16
In this lecture Irit presents an overview of everything this course covers, and broadly explains all of the recipes and skills you'll learn.

Chocolate Sponge Cake - Introduction0:38
In this lesson you’ll learn how to make a light, moist and airy chocolate sponge cake that serves as a base for our mousse desserts, and is wonderful as a base for many layered cakes.
Making Chocolate Sponge Cake - Demonstration4:40
In this lesson you’ll learn how to make a light, moist and airy chocolate sponge cake that serves as a base for our mousse desserts, and is wonderful as a base for many layered cakes.
Milk Chocolate Mousse - Introduction0:43
In this lesson we’ll go over the making of a decadent milk chocolate mousse. This delicious recipe is a great base for many desserts and cakes, and is fairly quick and easy to make.
Making Milk Chocolate Mousse - Demonstration5:54
In this lesson we’ll go over the making of a decadent milk chocolate mousse. This delicious recipe is a great base for many desserts and cakes, and is fairly quick and easy to make.

Assembling the Mousse Desserts- Introduction0:44
In this lesson you'll discover how to use the chocolate sponge cake, the chocolate mousse as well as other tasty surprises to assemble individual desserts in wide variety of shapes. The technique you'll learn is very flexible and opens up a lot of possibilities for many flavors and designs.
Assembling the Mousse Desserts- Demonstration4:48
In this lesson you'll discover how to use the chocolate sponge cake, the chocolate mousse as well as other tasty surprises to assemble individual desserts in wide variety of shapes. The technique you'll learn is very flexible and opens up a lot of possibilities for many flavors and designs.

Chocolate Decorations - Introduction1:20
In the next few lessons you’ll get the opportunity to learn some of the secrets of working with chocolate, to create stunning decorations for our desserts!
Chocolate Triangles - Introduction0:34
In this lesson you’ll learn how to make colorful chocolate triangle decorations. You’ll also learn how to cut chocolate to any shape you like to match the design of your desserts.
Making Custom Transfer Sheets - Demonstration3:33
In this lesson you’ll learn how to make your own transfer sheets, and how to customize them to any colors and patterns you like to match your desserts. The technique we discuss is the basis for making colorful chocolate decorations.
Making Chocolate Triangles - Demonstration4:35
In this lesson you’ll learn how to make colorful chocolate triangle decorations. You’ll also learn how to cut chocolate to any shape you like to match the design of your desserts.

Chocolate Spoons - Introduction0:59
In this lesson you'll discover the secrets of making perfect looking edible chocolate spoons, which are unique and very impressive decorations.
Creating Custom Stencils - Demonstration1:36
In this lesson Irit demonstrates a quick and easy technique to make your own stencils for creating flat chocolate decorations in many shapes.
Making Chocolate Spoons – Demonstration3:48
In this lesson you'll discover the secrets of making perfect looking edible chocolate spoons, which are unique and very impressive decorations.

Chocolate Swirls - Introduction0:45
In this lesson you'll learn how to make fun and impressive chocolate swirl decorations. These decorations can be used to add impressive and elegant look to many cakes desserts.
Making Chocolate Swirls - Demonstration4:14
In this lesson you'll learn how to make fun and impressive chocolate swirl decorations. These decorations can be used to add impressive and elegant look to many cakes desserts.

Tuile Batter - Introduction0:35
In this lesson you'll learn how to make Tuile Batter which is the base for the ring cookies we’ll make. This is a quick and easy recipe that you can use in many occasions.
Making Tuile Batter - Demonstration2:27
In this lesson you'll learn how to make Tuile Batter which is the base for the ring cookies we’ll make. This is a quick and easy recipe that you can use in many occasions.
Tuile Ring Cookies – Introduction0:23
In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to create 3 dimensional tasty and elegant tuile cookie decorations for our desserts. These decorations add a really nice and sophisticated look, as well as a really yummy and crunchy texture to the dessert.
Making Tuile Ring Cookies – Demonstration3:43
In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to create 3 dimensional tasty and elegant tuile cookie decorations for our desserts. These decorations add a really nice and sophisticated look, as well as a really yummy and crunchy texture to the dessert.

Raspberries Sauce – Introduction0:27
In this lesson we’ll learn how to make a classic fruit sauce to go with our desserts. We’ll use the sauce to garnish the plate as well as to add a tangy flavor that compliments the rich dessert.
Making Raspberries Sauce – Demonstration1:50
In this lesson we’ll learn how to make a classic fruit sauce to go with our desserts. We’ll use the sauce to garnish the plate as well as to add a tangy flavor that compliments the rich dessert.
Chocolate Ganache – Introduction0:52
In this lesson we’ll explore how to make dark chocolate ganache. The ganache is a very versatile recipe and can be used as filling, as well as for topping and piping. It's a wonderful recipe to have in your repertoire.
Making Chocolate Ganache – Demonstration2:29
In this lesson we’ll explore how to make dark chocolate ganache. The ganache is a very versatile recipe and can be used as filling, as well as for topping and piping. It's a wonderful recipe to have in your repertoire.

Final Preparations for Plating - Introduction0:32
In this lesson Irit covers everything we still need to do before we start plating our mousse desserts.
Glazing the Domes – Demonstration2:55
In this lesson you'll learn how to cover the domes with beautiful, shiny and tasty dark chocolate ganache.
Making Ice-cream Quenelles – Demonstration2:09
In this lesson you'll learn how to shape ice cream into unique and elegant shape called Quenelle.

Plating the Mousse Desserts – Introduction0:53
In this lesson Irit goes over everything you'll learn in the plating lessons.
Creating a Dome Plated Dessert – Demonstration4:22
In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to use everything we made so far to create a stunning dome-shaped plated dessert.
Creating Desserts in Different Shapes and Flavors – Demonstration2:16
In this lesson you'll explore even more possibilities for creating fascinating and unique plated desserts in different shapes and flavors. As you’ll see the possibilities are really endless and are only limited by your imagination.

Requirements

No previous baking or cake decoration experience is necessary.
Some basic kitchen utensils such as pans and a rolling pin are required.
Some inexpensive molds are required (purchase info provided).

Description

Once in a rare while, you discover a dessert that seems the ultimate, the definitive, the ne plus ultra. Usually - it's a mousse dessert! The term "mousse" means foam in French, and as its name implies it's a light and delicious desserts.

Join award-winning master pastry chef Irit Ishai, and discover all the secrets of creating and serving stunning and mouthwatering mousse desserts, in many different flavors, shapes and presentations.

In this course you'll learn how to make a wide variety of extraordinary plated mousse desserts. In fact, leveraging the techniques presented in this course you'll be able to design and make your own fantastic and unique mousse desserts, and customize them to match different tastes and looks.

Along the way you’ll master various important recipes (i.e. mousses, sponge cakes, sauces, ganaches, etc.), as well as exciting decoration skills (such as creating chocolate shapes, spoons, swirls, Tuile cookies and ice-cream quenelles).

Towards the end of the course you'll get a detailed step-by-step demonstration of plating and serving these magnificent mousse desserts in ways that are sure to leave your guests speechless.

Despite offering advanced-level knowledge, This course assumes no prior baking or decoration skills! Simply follow the detailed step-by-step guidance and become a pro dessert maker yourself. Leverage Irit's years of experiments, refinement and tweaking of mousse dessert recipes, and learn the important secrets that anyone who's serious about baking and decoration needs to know.

Join us today, and take another step in your pastry journey!

See you in the class,

Irit Ishai

Founder and Head Instructor

CakeNuvo

Who this course is for:

Anyone who loves mousse desserts and wants to be able to serve them at home.
Anyone seriously interested in a pastry chef career.
Pastry chefs and bakers who want to learn important recipes and sophisticated decoration skills.
Bakery and pastry shop owners who want to add truly unique personal desserts to their offering.
Pro pastry chefs who work at restaurants and want to add sophisticated plated desserts to their menus.

Plated Desserts Made Simple #3: Creative Mousse Desserts

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Course content

Intro: Create Stunning Mousse Desserts in Many Flavors, Shapes and Presentations1 lecture • 5min

Mousse Desserts - Base Recipes4 lectures • 12min

Assembling the Mousse Desserts2 lectures • 6min

Creating Chocolate Triangle Decorations4 lectures • 10min

Creating Chocolate Spoon Decorations3 lectures • 6min

Creating Chocolate Swirls2 lectures • 5min

Creating Tuile Ring Cookie Decorations4 lectures • 7min

Mousse Desserts - Plating Recipes4 lectures • 6min

Glazing the Domes and Making Quenelles3 lectures • 6min

Plating the Mousse Desserts3 lectures • 8min

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