Mango, Coconut and Strawberry Mousse Ribbon Cake :)

Its FRIDAY, and yes, I do have a lot of love for you, but today I am going to give you the step by step on how to assemble the cake and then I am off to get my nails done!!! :) :) Sorry, I must... and its not that you are not important, because you so are, BUT,  a girl needs some pampering and relaxation and I am going to get it. ;)

Ok, so the first thing you do for this precious commodity is create your Ribbon Sponge Cake :)  We will again use the Jaconde Sponge cake but instead of stacking them, you will decorate the parchment paper that you place the batter on BEFORE you place it on your sheet.  As you can see on mine, I picked a polka dot pattern and used an array of colors. Fun!! You can do anything you want, if you are creative then make it happen and make your momma proud!! :) Umm that would be me, the momma ;)

First, bake your sponge cake. It should not be more than a 1/4" thick to allow you to wrap this around a ring.  Cool your cake and begin to create your mousse's.  We were supposed to use 2 mousse's for this particular cake but since we ran out of 6" ring molds, my group had to use 10" ring molds.   The cake was mega big and there was a ton of room left to fill, so we created a third mousse!! It looks OFF THE CHAIN awesome in the pics too! :) :)  We created mango mousse, strawberry mouse and coconut mousse.. each beyond delicious on their own, but divine together.  Yes, I ate the piece that you see in the picture. What do you expect?!?!? I have to taste it for you to make sure its not poisonous.. ;)

Then, take your ring mold and line it with acetate plastic. Carefully press your cardboard cake holder down to the bottom.  You now have created the base and perimeters that will hold your sponge cake together.  Cut your Jaconde sponge cake inot a Strip and a Sphere. These will serve as ther perimeter and the bottom of the cake.

See! This was our ribbon for the side of the cake. Soo cute!! laughing... yes, I know. I am a dork. Then you will place the ribbon around the edge of your Ring and press the sphere down to the bottom.

Create your first mousse. You have to create the mousse's one by one because they set very quickly and you want to pour them into your cake ring as soon as you are done.  Cool the mousse and cake in the refrigerator, then create your 2nd mousse.  Pour it on top of the first mousse and so on and so forth. Theh pic below is the Mango mousse we created. :)

Immediately pour this into the Ring and place it in the cooler while you create the next mousse. Below is the Mango mousse poured on top of the cake sphere.

We cooled all our mousse's off, created our top decorative glacage and voila! We had our cake completed.

We had a fun day today because it was a free day. Andrea and I made Coconut Mousse.Thanks to Andrea! She went to the ever so lovely Wal-Mart across the street and got us the Coconut ingredients SINCE OUR SCHOOL DIDN'T HAVE THEM.... shock! I know....

We also made Quiche with ham and bacon and red peppers and onions and cheese and spinach...  It was pretty darn good. I dare say,  if there isn't a lot of egg in those babies, I will actually eat it! :) :)

And to top it off, she and I made a passion fruit mousse to put into our pie tins we created a few days ago and sprinkled those babies with coconut. They are DELICIOUS!! So needless to say, its a SWEET weekend., in all sense's of the word.

I hope you have a beautiful one, it is gorgeous out!

Take care and see you here on Monday! Practical day! Tuesday our report is due and it is the start of our 2 day final practical, thru Wednesday.  Thursday is deep cleaning day so you know there is nothing but fun going on, right?  Riiiiiight!  Then we are out of there!! Summer break! Me lovey Summer Break.. ;) Im heading to Miami for some fun loving! Can not wait.

Ta Ta lovies...