Pistachio, Lemon and Green Tea

I wanted to try another recipe from Darren Purchese's Sweet Studio book, so I decided on his Pistachio, Lemon and Green Tea. It was also a good excuse to try out my new chocolate spray gun. It consists of a pistachio and semolina sponge base, lemon curd, green tea dacquoise, pistachio pastry cream, and white chocolate mousse. This was then sprayed with white chocolate, and decorated with green tea and pistachio macarons, lemon curd, coloured chocolate drizzle and cacao nibs.

Although it was fun and relatively simple cake to make, I would make a few changes in the ratios of each layer. The pistachio tasted great, but it overpowered the small amount of lemon curd and green tea. I would make the green tea layer much thicker, and possibly add in an extra layer of plain vanilla sponge to break it up. This would result in less white chocolate mousse, which was a bit too thick on the top. Oh well..must practice!

From the bottom: Pistachio and semolina sponge, lemon curd,
 green tea dacquoise, pistachio pastry cream, white chocolate mousse.