Cherry Berry Mousse Cake / Bolo Espelho de Mousse de Chocolate, Cerejas Cristalizadas e Framboesas.

Mirror Glaze Cake is the theme for this month and for the 26th edition of the Sweet World!

What is a Mirror Glaze Cake?

I couldn't find much more information other than the fact that, a mirror glaze, is a white chocolate glaze made with gelatin that is poured over cakes - usually mousse or other soft molded desserts - to give them an ultra-shiny appearance, like the surface of a mirror.

I've made one once (you can see the recipe here) for Ana and for our Great Bake Off. Actually, Ana herself has a few delightful recipes for mirror glaze on her blog if you want to check them here, here and here.

Want to make a Mirror Glaze Cake?

Chocolate Mirror Glaze cake with Chocolate and Raspberry Mousse / Bolo Espelho de Chocolate com Mousse de Chocolate e Framboesas.

For January and Our Great Bake Off, Ana challenged us to make a mirror glaze cake.

After checking many recipes, I decided to make this one, from Kirsten Tibballs and her gorgeous Chocolate book.

A perfect cake, full of textures and flavours, that put big smiles on the faces of the ones that tried it!

Of course my decoration is a simplified version of Kirsten's fabulous honeycomb decoration but that was my decision to decorate it with fruit, instead of the very sophisticated decoration presented in the book.

The photos are not perfect either as the light was very erratic that day... You know... When you want things to be perfect and "nature" is against you... :(...

I have to confess that I have never made a mirror glazed cake before and I was a bit scared but actually, apart from a few hiccups (my fault), it went pretty well.

It's not perfect and perfectly smooth, because I made a mistake with the glaze.

I cooled the glaze to much and it set very quickly before I could cover the cake completely so, I had to scrap it off (which created rough surface over and around the cake) and I had to remake the glaze once again.