February 26, 2007
Oscars Night Sunday Dinner — Soirée des Oscars et dîner du dimanche
Chocolate Mousse, Raspberry and Croustillant
The only shot I managed to take of the dessert I made last night for our dinner at home with friends! A variation of this one. Everyone was more interested in starting to eat (smile)! It is good once in a while to make my own recipes more than once!
And did we really manage to not switch on the TV to watch the Oscars? I guess we didn’t! Better open the paper to find out who won!
Happy Monday! It is snowing outside. I love it!
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bah ici il pleut ….oups mais quel dessert
Comment by veronica — On February, 26th, 2007 at 10:19 am
looks very pretty and i’m sure lovely to taste too. suprisingly i made mousse too,nuthing compared to yours but it was gr8.put it up on http://aapplemint.blogspot.com/ .we played monopoly and waited on till the oscars started…but it went to real late hrs and we to had to leave it there.
Comment by Kate — On February, 26th, 2007 at 10:54 am
It’s sunny in southern California but there maybe a little rain later.
Chocolate Mousse! and with raspberry!! Wow! All we had was an Espresso Gingerbread Cake…
Comment by Tanna — On February, 26th, 2007 at 10:54 am
je ne sais pas qui a gagné les Oscars.. mais ton dessert, Béa: always a winner!!
Comment by avital — On February, 26th, 2007 at 10:54 am
My, but that dessert is a show stopper!
Comment by Mary — On February, 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Your beautiful little dessert is far more enticing than the Oscars!
Comment by Lydia — On February, 26th, 2007 at 11:31 am
with a dinner and dessert like that Bea, I’d definitely have skipped TV. Beautiful!
Comment by Kat — On February, 26th, 2007 at 11:37 am
whaoo;; wonderfull; super gateaux
Comment by VIVIANA ICHER — On February, 26th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Superbe! ce gâteau est tellement beau que je ne sais pas si j’oserais le manger… en fait si je crois que j’y arriverais!
Comment by milie — On February, 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am
toujours aussi sublime ton gâteau, je le connais par coeur, car quand je montre ton blog à des amis, c’est cette photo là que je cherche toujours pour l’illustrer, j’en suis folle !
Comment by mercotte — On February, 26th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I think you should do and re-do all the ones that work, and do them again, Bea! I was reading up on all the stuff on Oscars night and thought, I should just stay up and try and get it on TV - then I realized it was going to be just at a crazy hour and gave up on the idea. I’m so glad you did something to enjoy it! I miss being home on nights like Oscars night. Bisous.
Comment by Lucy Vanel — On February, 26th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
wow! it’s very hollywood! congratulations!
Comment by gemma — On February, 26th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Bon c’est quand que tu ouvres ton restaurant ou fait un livre….ca va plus ca…
AMitiés
Claude
Comment by Claude-Olivier — On February, 26th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
quel beau dessert! magnifique, bravo!
hollywood peut attendre
Comment by auntie jo — On February, 26th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Gorgeous!!! Never tired of seeing them! Let them keep comin’
Comment by gattina — On February, 26th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
It looks absolutely gorgeous!
Comment by Ellie — On February, 26th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Looks much more exciting than the Oscars proved to be!
Comment by Christine (myplateoryours) — On February, 26th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
WOW~ i want eat a piece of that ^^
Comment by YOYO — On February, 26th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Merci Veronica! Ah tristounet la pluie!
Kate, your mousse looks absolutely lovely! Yum!
Tanna, lucky you! You have the weather, not the cake
Avital, ah merci, tu es trop gentille.
Mary, thanks!
Lydia, sweet of you!
Kat, thank you, once more.
Viviana , merci.
Millie, je suis sûre que tu pourrais, sans aucun problème!
Mercotte, ah tu es vraiment trop gentille! Ca me fait super plaisir d’entendre cela, de tes doigts de talentueuse pâtissière.
Lucy, thank you! When our guests were gone, we watched a little bit of it, at least! I only found out who won today though.
Gemma, merci.
Claude, ahhah, tu es trop drôle. Le livre, oui! Ca vient!
Auntie Joe, merci.
Gattina, ahah, thanks, Glad you like them!
Ellie, thank you!
Christine, so you watched eh?
Yoyo, thank you very much. Sweet! How do you say this in Chinese?
Comment by Béa — On February, 26th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Recipes to Valentines’ Day…
Which are your plans for Valentines’ Day? Something special to eat? Still searching for recipes? I have some links to delicious and easy recipes that would be useful to you (most of them via Slashfood). - 52 Cupcakes has a very pink recipe of Kir Roy…
Trackback by Bibi's box — On February, 26th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Un vrai dessert de star ! on le croirait réalisé spécialement pour l’occasion par un grand pâtissier !
Bravo Béa, une fois de plus, c’est du sur mesure !
Amicalement blog,
Ingrid
Comment by Ingrid — On February, 27th, 2007 at 3:29 am
how elegant. my oscar food is very basic, but the, so am I. I´, glued to the TV all night.
Comment by lobstersquad — On February, 27th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Well, I missed the Oscars, but I did catch the Césars, which is a bit more ‘real’.
Last year when all the tehnicians went on strike (mai oui!) they kept standing up in the audience and yelling at the presenters. It was great fun. If that happened at the Oscar’s in the US, it would get more coverage than Britney shaving her head and the legal battle over Anna Nicole’s burial place combined!
Comment by David — On February, 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
dear bea
i was wondering if i can use skim milk for the mousse. or if i have to use whole milk?
xoxo
jacqueline
Comment by Jacqueline — On February, 27th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Ingrid, merci bien!
Ximena, thank you! Ahah, glued to the TV? I wish I could have seen that part!
David, oh yes, I would tend to agree, I prefer the Césars as well. Just cannot get to see them at all here! But if I could, I would not miss them!
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Jacqueline, well I never tried, I would tend to believe that if you can at least use 2%, it will help with the texture of the mousse. But you know, you just have to try to know for sure. And if you do, let me know!
Comment by Béa — On February, 27th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Beautiful~ you win the oscar for that.
A red carpet worthy dessert!
Comment by sandi @ the whistlestop cafe — On February, 28th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Hi Bea, your cake looks delicious, comme toujours d’ailleurs, but what is the transparent piece that you have on top?
Comment by Rose — On February, 28th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Thanks Sandi.
Rose, it is corn syrup with cocoa nibs, melted in the oven and getting harder when it cools.
Comment by Béa — On March, 1st, 2007 at 12:59 pm
This is really a extreme beautiful dessert!! And your photo is so pretty too! Great work!
Comment by snow — On March, 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Hey sorry to be the brat here - but unless you are the one who had this picture published in all the sites I’ve seen it on… I’d like to hear how you made this to prove that you did in fact make it. Because I also saw on the sites that it was side marked as photographed by … ” ” so I also find it hard to believe that you took this as a snapshot before it went out to your dinner guests. Again I hate to be the annoying one - just want people to give credit to the people who actually made and photographed this dessert.
Comment by Marie — On January, 19th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Marie,
I would actually love to know the sites you are referring to since I am not only the one who made the dessert, but it was photographed in my home, with my friends by myself too. There are people who unfortunately use pictures without permission. You can check this dessert here too, very similar to this one, as a matter of fact.
http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2007/01/19/falling-for-chocolate-once-more-faiblesse-pour-le-chocolat-encore-une-fois/
Comment by Béa — On January, 19th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Bea, my apologies. As an artist, I get protective of creativity. When I see beautiful works of art like this - and I see people who take credit for other peoples work - I get immediately defensive. I have to tell you - I completely admire what you do with food. It is such a beautiful art form, and you get to immediately see the enjoyment of your hard work. I recognized this dessert right away since I have seen this image on some sites. I honestly cannot recall the ones i have seen it on - but how flattering to know people admire your work that much.
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