Pocky Chocolate Cage
Pocky Chocolate Cage: a perfect mix of chocolate cream and banana mousse topped with Pocky Chocolate! No bake necessary.

Ingredients
For the Chocolate Cream part:
- 200 ml Milk
- 300 ml Whipping Cream
- 6 Egg Yolks
- 70 g Icing Sugar
- 250 g Dark Chocolate (min 58% cocoa solids), broken into small pieces
For the Banana Mousse part:
- 4 sheets Gelatine
- 3 Bananas
- 1/2 Lemon Juice
- 100 g Icing Sugar
- 50 ml Dark Rum
- 200 ml Whipping Cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract or 1/2 Vanilla Pod
- 3 Egg Whites
For Chocolate Cream:
- Heat the milk and the whipping cream in saucepan over a medium heat
- Beat the egg yolks and the sugar together vigorously then pour the boiling cream into the beaten eggs.
- Mix well then return the pan to a low heat.
- The cream will gradually thicken and cover the back of a spoon but it must not boil.
- Pour the hot custard over the dark chocolate pieces and mix together well.
- Pour a bed of chocolate cream into the bottom of serving glasses and put in the fridge.
For Banana Mousse:
- Soften the gelatine in the soft water.
- Peel the bananas and mix with the lemon juice and half the sugar until you have a fine puree.
- Gently heat the rum and add gelatine, then mix with banana puree. (you can sub rum with plain water.)
- Whip the cream, add the vanilla then carefully fold in the banana puree.
- Whisk the egg whites to snowy peaks, add the remaining sugar and whisk again for 1-2 minutes. Carefully fold into the banana mousse.
- Refrigerate for at least half an hour.
For Decoration:
- Once the chocolate cream is cool and firm, plant the Pocky biscuits in the glasses.
- Fill in the piping bag with banana mousse and fill in the glasses two -third full.
Source: Ribbon and Circus