Cole's Celebration Mousse Torte

Last Friday we went out for a team lunch as usual, and stopped by Coles and found their Autumn magazine. After flipping through the pages I found a recipe for a Celebration Mousse Torte. It looked relatively easy, but looked indeed very pretty.

Follow the link above for the recipe but I took some snapshots (as usual!) when I made it, one early Sunday morning. It's just quite rewarding to see results :)

oreo biscuit base. i scraped the nice sweet white bits... don't ask where it went! 

melting milk chocolate + dark Lindt chocolate (85% cocoa in this case)

next in line - 1/2 cup cream, whisked into the melted chocolate after it was removed from heat;

and 4 eggs (separated); 

the yolks mixed into the chocolate mixture

the whites were whipped into stiff peaks with some sugar

...and folded into the chocolate mixture. 

it was poured on top of the oreo biscuit base.

then into the fridge to chill!

the ganache was bittersweet chocolate chips, smooth peanut butter, butter and water

melted over low heat

...and then dumped on top of the chocolate base.

I did this after just several hours of chilling.

had to smooth the top. not sure how to fully smooth it all into a level surface!

It's pretty good fun baking cakes from a photo and trying to make it look like the picture :) Just the previous Easter cake  (and yeah maybe Easter cake take 2)

Now I just need one good full day and maybe I can make Adriano Zumbo's macaron tower (I still have that magazine too!)