Chocolate Pavovas with Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse - A Daring Baker's Challenge

The June 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious. Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers’ to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse. The challenge recipe is based on a recipe from the book Chocolate Epiphany by Francois Payard.

Crème Anglaise - Part of A Daring Baker's Challenge

Crème Anglaise (translation "English Cream") is a very light, pourable custurd. It can be used as a base or decoration for other desserts, it is almost a pastry cream, and is basically the same as some ice cream batters that I've used. This was supposed to be a part of my first Daring Baker's challenge, to be drizzled on top of the Mousse Covered Pavlovas. However, I decided that they looked nice as is, and didn't end up using it as a drizzle. I still made it and will use it in something else, maybe with floating islands.