Strawberry Mousse Fruit Illusion Cake Recipe
Strawberry Mousse Fruit Illusion Cake is a stunning mirror-glazed entremet with light strawberry mousse, sponge layers, and glossy pink glaze creating a deceptive fruit-like appearance. Elegant no-bake dessert perfect for celebrations.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 8 hours + freezing
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven + No-Bake
- Cuisine: French-Inspired
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- **Strawberry Puree (for mousse & insert):**
- 500g fresh strawberries
- 100g sugar
- 20g gelatin powder + 100ml water
- **Vanilla Sponge Layers:**
- 4 eggs
- 100g sugar
- 100g flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- **Mousse Base:**
- 400ml heavy whipping cream
- 200g white chocolate
- 300g strawberry puree
- **Mirror Glaze:**
- 150g sugar
- 100g water
- 100g glucose syrup or corn syrup
- 75g sweetened condensed milk
- 15g gelatin powder + 75ml water
- 200g white chocolate
- Pink/red gel food coloring
Instructions
- 1. Prepare strawberry puree: Blend strawberries, strain. Bloom gelatin in water 10 mins. Heat 300g puree with 50g sugar, dissolve gelatin, cool.
- 2. Make sponge: Whip eggs + sugar to ribbon stage, fold in flour + vanilla. Bake in two 8-inch rounds at 350°F 12-15 mins. Cool, trim.
- 3. Strawberry insert: Mix 200g puree + 50g sugar + bloomed gelatin (half amount). Pour into 6-inch ring, freeze 2 hours.
- 4. Mousse: Melt white chocolate, mix with cooled strawberry puree-gelatin. Whip cream to soft peaks, fold in chocolate mixture.
- 5. Assemble: Line 8-inch ring with acetate. Place first sponge, pour 1/3 mousse, add frozen insert, 1/3 mousse, second sponge, remaining mousse. Freeze overnight.
- 6. Mirror glaze: Bloom gelatin. Boil sugar, water, glucose. Off heat, add condensed milk + bloomed gelatin. Pour over white chocolate, blend smooth. Color pink, cool to 90°F. Unmold frozen cake, pour glaze. Refrigerate to thaw.
Notes
- Work quickly with mousse to prevent setting.
- Glaze must be exactly 90-95°F for smooth finish.
- Use room temp strawberries; freeze cake fully before glazing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 110mg
Keywords: strawberry mousse fruit illusion cake, mirror glaze cake, strawberry entremet