Friday, November 9, 2012

FFwD - Top-Secret Chocolate Mousse - Epic Fail


This week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe was Top-Secret Chocolate Mousse.  Unfortunately, in my case, it was more like Chocolate Soup with Chunky Bits.  As soon as I added the egg yolks to the chocolate, the chocolate seemed to set, so trying to stir egg whites through it was a lost cause.  In the end, it was a sloppy sea of chocolate  with bits of hardened chocolate through it.  Ewww!

As a welcome distraction, I present my Aussie 12 Days of Christmas teatowel that I bought in Daylesford on the weekend:  


 
I think any true blue Aussie would love this teatowel with its Aussie references - where else but Oz would you have 6 boomers hopping or 9 nippers racing?

Also, I discovered some new flavours of Allens lollies this week:



There are caramel chicos (in addition to the ordinary chocolate ones), Milk Bottle Mania (containing chocolate, vanilla, lime, banana and caramel milk bottles), and Mad About Teeth'n'Stuff for lovers of "foam" lollies.  I love the milk bottles and caramel chicos, and am yet to try the teeth etc.

Have a great weekend!
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23 comments:

  1. CindyNovember 9, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    I had my failure on Tuesday, I guess it's your turn. I'm sorry--it's never fun to spend time making something just to have it fail!
    Have a wonderful weekend.

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  2. Cher RockwellNovember 9, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    Unfortunately, I had a double fail this week - both the muffins from TWD and this mousse. I was about ready to kick myself out of the kitchen on Saturday...
    Have a great weekend andlove the tea towel!

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  3. Blond DuckNovember 9, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    Awww. I'm sorry.

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  4. JillNovember 9, 2012 at 1:25 PM

    It sounds like the top secret part of that recipe is still a secret. Oh well. The towel is cute!

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  5. KariNovember 9, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Sorry about the mousse! That is a great tea towel though - very cool indeed. Where did you find it, out of interest?

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  6. Lucas @ Coverversions.tvNovember 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM

    I do my best to weed recipes that have a fail condition out of my repertoire. Too much stress otherwise.

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  7. Johanna GGGNovember 9, 2012 at 10:40 PM

    I think I would be very happy with that teatowel - it would be something to cheer me up if I found the mousse just didn't work - ad I love milk bottle lollies - they taste of childhood

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  8. CakelawNovember 10, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    Hi Kari, you can buy the teatowels online here:

    http://www.rodriquez.com.au/

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  9. UnknownNovember 10, 2012 at 10:13 AM

    Love the tea towel distraction, nothing like a new tea towel to bring happiness to the kitchen ;-)
    I'm sorry your chocolate mousse didn't work, how disappointing! Aren't we lucky to find other ways to enjoy our chocolate?!!

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  10. NanaNovember 10, 2012 at 10:48 AM

    Sorry this didn't work for you, adding the eggs was a
    bit tricky. I love the tea towel, adorable.

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  11. AnonymousNovember 10, 2012 at 11:48 AM

    Sorry for the soupy mess. At least you had some good diversions!

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  12. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeNovember 10, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Oh, boy, I hate kitchen failures!!! So sorry...

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  13. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeNovember 10, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    So sorry this didn't work! Ugh...so frustrating!!!

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  14. ElaineNovember 10, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    :( I am so sorry this one didn't work for you, but I love the tea towel and lollies! :)

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  15. KariNovember 10, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    Thanks for the link :) Very much appreciated!

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  16. AnonymousNovember 10, 2012 at 10:06 PM

    have you tried it again? I think a few of us had issues with our first batches,.. I made five myself and none of it went to waste lol - I have a nearly two year old and a husband that are determined not to let chocolate go to waste around here!
    Oh btw, did you see that we are doing a FFWD christmas card exchange? details are on my chocolate mousse post this week!

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  17. KathyNovember 11, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    So sorry this one didn’t work out…chocolate is very finicky! Love your tea towel!

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  18. RoseNovember 11, 2012 at 3:11 AM

    Sorry to hear that. I hate it when my chocolate seizes up, always seems like such a waste, but sometimes no matter how careful you are, it just happens. Better luck next time.

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  19. Candy (Dulce)November 11, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    I love, love the towel!! So cute!

    Mine didn't work out very well either, but we ended up having it after dinner and enjoyed it. Though not my favorite recipe. Oh well!!

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  20. UnknownNovember 11, 2012 at 11:56 PM

    Don't worry about the soupy mess...soupy chocolate is still chocolate so...who cares!! About that tea towel....what are boomers and why are they hopping and the nippers where are they racing to? :) :)

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  21. BetsyNovember 12, 2012 at 1:19 PM

    Sorry to hear that your mousse was soupy. The Aussie candy looks like fun, though. And the teatowel is charming.

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  22. AnonymousNovember 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM

    I had pretty much the same luck as you with this recipe and turned to Donna Hay second time around.
    Love the tea towel! I'll have to keep an eye out for the lolly combinations!

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  23. TeaLadyNovember 15, 2012 at 4:33 AM

    Bummer that the mousse didn't work for you. I was really surprised when my actually came out just fine.

    Love the tea towel.

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