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Foodie Friday

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🟠 1. CLASSIC CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE

📌 Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 200g dark chocolate, melted
• ½ cup cream cheese
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp gelatin
• 2 tbsp warm water
• 1 cup crushed biscuits
• 3 tbsp melted butter

📌 Procedure

• Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter.
• Press into the bottom of a cake pan.
• Mix gelatin with warm water.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and cocoa powder.
• Add melted chocolate and gelatin.
• Fold in whipped heavy cream.
• Pour over the biscuit base.
• Chill until set.

🩷 2. STRAWBERRY MOUSSE CAKE

📌 Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• ½ cup cream cheese
• 1 cup strawberry puree
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp gelatin
• 2 tbsp warm water
• 1 cup crushed biscuits
• 3 tbsp melted butter
• Fresh strawberries

📌 Procedure

• Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter.
• Press into the cake pan.
• Mix gelatin with warm water.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
• Add strawberry puree and gelatin.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Pour over the biscuit base.
• Chill until firm and decorate with strawberries.

🟡 3. MANGO MOUSSE CAKE

📌 Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• ½ cup cream cheese
• 1 cup mango puree
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tbsp gelatin
• 2 tbsp warm water
• 1 cup crushed biscuits
• 3 tbsp melted butter
• Mango cubes

📌 Procedure

• Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter.
• Press into the bottom of a pan.
• Mix gelatin with warm water.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
• Add mango puree and gelatin.
• Fold in whipped heavy cream.
• Pour mixture over the biscuit base.
• Chill until set and top with mango cubes.

🔵 4. BLUEBERRY MOUSSE CAKE

📌 Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• ½ cup cream cheese
• ¾ cup blueberry compote
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp gelatin
• 2 tbsp warm water
• 1 cup crushed biscuits
• 3 tbsp melted butter
• Fresh blueberries

📌 Procedure

• Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter.
• Press into a cake pan.
• Mix gelatin with warm water.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
• Add blueberry compote and gelatin.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Pour over the biscuit base.
• Chill until firm and decorate with blueberries.

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