Lemon Curd Mousse Cake

I made this for a dinner (with my fellow MS 150 riders) last Friday. Laura found the recipe of Epicurious. Two thumbs up; I think I'll likely make this at this year's wine & dessert party (but with a thinner crust). Here are a few pictures at various stages of assembly and decoration (including my first attempt at using a pastry bag):

White Chocolate Margarita Mousse

I meant to post this shortly after the Super Bowl, but Jen had my camera in her purse (as usual). I made a white chocolate margarita mousse to take to the party we went to (at Eric & Jen's). I've made this recipe before; it is out of the Chocolate Passion book that I've had for a few years.

Here is a bunch (22 oz, if I recall) of El Rey, waiting to be melted down:


Of course, there were a ton of eggs (copious amounts of heavy cream not pictured):


A whole bunch of lime zest (I hate zesting!) mixed in -- it ended up looking like chives!


And of course, the ingredient most people cared about:


Finally, assembling them at the party: sugaring the glass rims, putting in a dollop of mousse, and topping with a candied lime slice.


And no, I have no idea why I forgot to take a picture of a finished one!

Overdue pictures...

A new album was finally posted (remotely, from the hotel in Burlingame and also from HQ in San Mateo). This has dessert party pictures as well as all of the pictures from Loyens' wedding.

http://cklempay.homeip.net/gallery/03_24_2007

This is the middle of week 2 of the 3 week Guidewire initial training, and Jen comes in this weekend to visit (she's never been to San Francisco). Oddly today, just as I was working with Luie to debug some GScript he had written, I received an IM from Brandon, pointing me at this post that he had just seen!