Today we are making a surprise instagram chocolate mousse. Now you've requested more dessert

videos, chocolate mousse and instagram so I've combined all of those requests into one

delicious dessert.

To start with we are going to need to make the coloured part of the logo. To do that

we need four jellos, we are going to need a red one a blue one a yellow one and green

one. Now I've used strawberry, lime, berry blue and mango flavours here. Mix one jello

at a time with cream. For all of the ingredient quantities that you need for this recipe just

go to the blog howtocookthat.net there is a link in the description below this video.

Now pour that into a saucepan and continue to stir over high heat until it starts to

boil. Then pour it into a heat proof dish lined with alfoil. Now I found my coloured

layers on the instagram logo were a bit too thick so if you are using the same sized container

as me perhaps only tip half the mixture in so you can get those layers thinner .

You can leave that to set and then once that's set make the next one but to hurry things

along I like to make them all at the same time. So put the red layer in the freezer.

Then make all your other colours the same way you did with the red one. Put the yellow

bowl in the fridge to cool and leave the other two on the bench. Once the red one that has

been in the freezer has set and the yellow is no longer warm tip the yellow over the

red one and return it to the freezer. Now put the green in the fridge to cool and leave

the blue one on the bench. Once the yellow layer is set pour over the green one on and

return to the freezer. Leave your blue one on the bench and by the time the green layer

is set the blue one will be cool and you can pour that over the top.

Then leave that whole thing in the freezer overnight.

Next make your lens and the view finder parts, I used a coke jelly but I really wasn't happy

with the results with it, the coke doesn't like freezing and defrosting. It separates

into a liquid and a weird gel not at all what I was going for. I have since experimented

by adding various additives like xanthum gum to it before freezing and they didn't help.

So we are going to abort the coke and I would recommend that you use cake for the lense

and the view finder instead. So just make a rectangular shaped cake and then cut out

circels of cake and line it up to make the cylinder shape that we need. And also cut

out a long rectangle for the view finder.

Take your deep rectangular container and draw an instagram logo in the right size, sticky

tape that to the outside of the container to give you a guide as to how high up the

different mousse needs to come. If you don't think you are very good at drawing then just

pull up an instagram logo on your computer screen stretch it to the right size, put a

piece of paper over the top and gently trace the logo over the top.

Take your rainbow jelly out of the freezer and remove it from the dish. If you are having

trouble getting it out put it in a sink filled with hot water for 30 seconds, do not let

the water get into the dessert it wants to be below the level of the top. Then take it

out of the water and you should be able to easily pull it out if not put it back in the

hot water for a little bit longer.

Remove all the alfoil and then use a sharp knife to cut a nice slice from the centre

of your jello. Now you can see what I was saying about my coloured layers being a bit

too thick for this sized instagram logo so you can adjust that accordingly when you make

yours. Place it in the top right hand corner leaving

a gap on the right hand side. Put that back in the freezer while you make your chocolate

mousse.

To make your chocolate mousse place the milk, cream and vanilla into a saucepan.

In a seperate bowl put your egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch and whisk them until they're

smooth.

In another bowl again put your water and gelatin, stir that well and then you leave that there

to bloom or to absorb the water.

Heat the cream mixture on the stovetop until it boils, then add that a little at a time

into the egg yolk mixture, stirring it really well after each addition. Once it is all combined

then pour that all back into the saucepan. Return it to the heat and stir it continuously

don't walk away keep stirring it or you'll get lumps. And stir it until it thickens and

then for at least 30 seconds longer, and what this does stirring to while its boiling is

it lets all the starch granules from the flour burst which helps to thicken it but it also

gets rid of that floury taste. Remove that from the heat, stir in your gelatin

which will now be a congealed type mass. Keep stirring until the gelatin is melted, this

will make the mixture go thin again. Melt your chocolate, it does not need to be kept

in temper just melt it carefully so that you do not burn it and mix it together with the

custard. Leave it to cool. You should be able to feel it with your finger and it shouldn't

feel warm at all.

Whip the remaining cream. In australia pure cream or thickened cream

or pouring cream are all good, if you are in the USA then heavy cream is what you want.

If it is called something else where you live then let us know in the comments what it is

called so that I know what to refer to it as in the recipe for everyone .

And use a spatula fold the chocolate custard mixture into the cream. scooping around from

around the bottom up to the top of the bowl so that you keep as much air in the mixture

as possible.

Pour some of this mousse over the coloured part, making sure it goes right down and into

thte gap, You don't want to have a big gap on your logo, so if you need to if move it

over put the mousse into place and then push back the coloured section over to the side.

Put a thin layer of mousse on the base. Then cut your cake into a log rectangle out of

your cake, remember I am using jello here but I recommend you use cake instead. and

pour over the rest of the mousse making sure it comes up to the level marked on the side

of you container. Smooth it out as best as you can. Place that whole thing in the freezer.

To make your white chocolate mousse do it exactly the same wasy as you just made your

dark chocolate mousse. but using melted white chocolate instead.

It tastes a bit like vanilla ice cream in a mousse, it's really delicious. Once you've

got your white chocolate mousse ready take your frozen darker chocolate mousse out of

the freezer and using a spoon or ice cream scoop scrape down the middle so you have like

a valley where the lens is going to go. You want it to be a rounded shape there. Looking

at your logo that you have stuck to the side to see how far down the lens needs to go.

Just keep scooping out until you've got it to the right level. Then add a little bit

of your white chocolate mousse down in that valley and then put your lens bit down over

the top. Now I am wanting you to use cake here just line up all your circles of cake

to make along cylinder pushing them together well so that the mousse doesn't go in the

gaps. Pour over the rest of the white chocolate mousse over the top. Smooth it out and put

the whole thing in the freezer to set.

To make your base, melt together the butter and chocolate and mix through some rice bubbles

or rice krispies. Spread it evenly over the dessert using the back of a spoon to smooth

it out so that you have a flat base. And this give a nice crisp texture to the dessert.

Put is back in the freezer for 15 minutes to let that set.

Place the whole dessert it into a hot water bath for 30 seconds, again being careful not

to get any water into the dessert. Pull it out and dry off the edges with paper towel

Make yourself a cardboard base and cover it in alfoil it should be slightly narrower than

the dessert so we can round the edges. Then tip out the dessert.

ANd use a knife to scrape off a layer from the corners around the top and do the same

same at the base using a sharp knife just cut off some of the crispy base so that it

has the rounded edges rather than the square edges.

Put some cups in a baking tray and rest the dessert on top of them. The purpose of the

baking tray is to catch any excess glaze so we can reuse it. Generously pour your glaze

over the top, now the recipe for this glaze is already on the blog when you go through

to this recipe for the chocolate mousse I'll put a link to that video for you there. Smooth

the glaze over the edges. If you want a really smooth finish you can let the first layer

set and then pour more glaze over the top.

Once the glaze is set which will only take a couple of minutes transfer your dessert

to a serving platter. I am using a large tile. If you've go a large serving platter that

will be fine. Add you chocolate decorations on top, if you are new to this channel and

the howtocookthat blog then there are lots of videos on making chocolate decorations

for desserts that you can watch. I have not done one yet on making this particular sphere

if you want that request it below and I'll film it for you.

Leave the whole dessert in the fridge for at least 3 hours to let it defrost, serve

to the table and then slice into the dessert to reveal the instagram logo.

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