Lady Finger Bowl with White Chocolate Mousse Topped with Strawberries

This dessert looked so beautiful in the book and I couldn't wait to make it! All in all, it tasted wonderful, but it was difficult to assemble.  The first thing I had to do was make lady fingers. Lady fingers are a sponge cake and you actually pipe the batter into lines before you bake them. In this case, the "bowl" for the mousse is made out of lady fingers, so when pipping the batter, the lines needed to be touching.  The first mistake I made, was drawing in pencil the lines that I needed to stay within to make a straight row. The trick is to draw the lines in pencil and then flip over the parchment paper. I didn't do this, so I ended up with pencil marks on the lady fingers! You can see this in the picture if you look closely. UGGG

The  next step was to make the white chocolate mousse.  White chocolate is sensitive to heat, so it was tricky to make.

Finally, I had to assemble. I took the two rows of lady fingers and lined a spring form pan. I'm still not sure how this part is supposed to work because I don't see how the two rows are supposed to stick together! As soon as I put the mousse in, the seams started splitting???

So, this dessert was not pretty, but it tasted great!