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.
I really enjoyed this months challenge, which was my second daring bakers challenge. Mascarpone is hard to find around here, so I had to make my own. I used the recipe from the tiramisu challenge, which was very simple and will be great to use when I can't find mascarpone for other recipes. Once I had the mascarpone made the rest of the challenge flowed smoothly. Each componet had simple to follow recipes and they were all really fun to make as well, which is a plus. I used the 72% chocolate, but if I make the mousse again I will use a different chocolate, this was a little too bitter for my tastes. Other than that though, everything else was really good and I really enjoyed the pavlovas. Another great challenge and I cannot wait for the next.
