Summer Forest Fruit Mousse
Summer Forest Fruit Mousse — a Dawn Foods recipe in 4 components. Uses Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Blueberry – 1 kg and Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Strawberry – 1 kg.

- mixing time (creme cake base, slow speed)
- 1 min
- mixing time (creme cake base, medium speed)
- 3 min
- baking temperature (creme cake base, deck oven)
- 180 °C
- baking time (creme cake base)
- 30-40 min
- hot water temperature (fruit filling)
- 80 °C
- freezing time (sponge and fruit filling)
- at least 2 h
- warm water temperature (fond, ingredient list)
- 22 °C
- warm water temperature (fond, method)
- 35 °C
- freezing time (assembled mousse cake)
- at least 8 h
Ingredients
Creme Cake Base
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Creme Cake Base - Plain | 1000 g |
| Whole egg | 370 g |
| Vegetable oil | 300 g |
| Water | 125 g |
Fruit Filling
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Delifruit Classic Fruits of the Forest | 500 g |
| Sanatine Powder | 40 g |
| Hot water (80°C>) | 80 g |
Fond / Mousse
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Lightly whipped cream | 500 g |
| Neutral Fond | 100 g |
| Warm water (22°C>) | 100 g |
| Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Blueberry – 1 kgDawn Blueberry Compound | 20 g |
| Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Strawberry – 1 kgDawn Strawberry Compound | 20 g |
Decoration
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Decorgel Neutral | |
| Various fresh fruits |
Method
- Creme Cake Base
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl fitted with a beater. Mix for 1 minute on slow speed and then a further 3 minutes on medium speed.
- Creme Cake Base
Deposit 400 g of the batter into a greased 8" sponge pan.
- Creme Cake Base
Bake in a deck oven at 180°C for 30-40 minutes.
- Creme Cake Base
Allow to cool thoroughly.
- Fruit Filling
Dissolve the Sanatine powder in the hot water, then add the Delifruit and mix in thoroughly.
- Fruit Filling
Take one of the cooled 8" sponges and trim the top to level it. Cut it so that it fits into the 8" silicone mold 1/3 up the sides.
- Fruit Filling
Pour on the prepared Fruits of the Forest filling and spread evenly to fill another 1/3 up the sides.
- Fruit Filling
Place into the freezer for at least 2 hours.
- Fond / Mousse
Add the Neutral Fond to the warm water and mix until dissolved. Add the compounds and mix in thoroughly.
- Fond / Mousse
Fold in the lightly whipped cream.
Assemble: Take the prepared sponge and fruit layer from the freezer and remove them from the molds.
Assemble: Place them into the centre of the 10" silicone molds, making sure there is an even gap all around the sides.
Assemble: Place the freshly prepared Fond/Mousse into a piping bag and pipe around the edges of the sponge and fruit layer, making sure no gaps remain.
Assemble: Pipe the rest on to the top and spread evenly with the side of a palette knife or any straight edge.
Assemble: Place into the freezer for at least 8 hours (until solid).
Finish: Take from the freezer and remove from the silicone mold, then place onto a cake board.
Finish: Spread a thin layer of Decorgel Neutral on the surface and then decorate with fresh fruits.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.