Chocolate Mousse

This Chocolate Mousse recipe comes from Electric Refrigerator Recipes and Menus, a 1929 cookbook written by Miss Alice Bradley that was put out by General Electric to help housewives learn how to use their newfangled kitchen appliance, the freezer.

The mousse is mild and refreshing, but my batch ended up being more similar to an ice cream than a mousse, probably because my freezer is much more efficient than a 1929 “chilling unit”. Still delicious, anyhow. I’ve also made recipes on this blog for Marshmallow Mint Sauce and Peppermint Whipped Cream from the same cookbook.

Keep reading after the historic recipe and my recipe interpretation to learn about an accessory that commonly was included with early refrigerators: the Refrigerator Pan.