![]() ![]() In short, the Opéra is a rich cake: it is very intense in flavour (coffee and chocolate!) and you should probably keep it for special occasions given the amount of fats (almonds, chocolate, butter) it contains. In this recipe taken from my book “On baking”, I’ve also used a French buttercream: nothing difficult about this, but it requires a thermometer because the eggs must be pasteurized with a sugar syrup. Another variation is yellow marzipan, which is usually called Carl. Take as an example my Royal chocolate cake: it is very different from traditional stuff like the Victoria spongecake (it is actually the opposite: the mousse on the outside hides the dacquoise on the inside).įor this kind of cakes, pastry chefs often use a joconde spongecake made with almonds and baked in thin layers. This cake though, is actually called Opera Cake, rather than a variant of Princess Cake. Main ingredients: Eggs, Milk, Heavy cream, Coffee, Chocolate. This is a “ modern cake“, also called “ entremet“: to simplify a lot, entremets are elaborate cakes with different layers. Its name is probably due to the shape of the cake: a minimalist flat rectangle that looked like the stage of the Opéra Garnier theatre in Paris. In the end there is a third layer of sponge and finally a topping of chocolate glaze. This is again followed by another layer of sponge and a layer of chocolate ganache. It starts with a thin layer of Jaconde sponge, soaked in coffee syrup, followed by a layer of coffee-flavoured buttercream. The Opéra was invented a few decades ago either by the French maison Dalloyau in 1955 or by Lenôtre in 1960 (they both claim the invention, although some say it already existed at the end of the 19th century!). A classic opera cake comprises of six layers in all. This is a super famous dessert sold in almost all pastry shops of France: it is made of layers of joconde spongecake, chocolate ganache and coffee buttercream. ![]() Needless to say that this cake disappeared way before midnight! It is one of the best cakes I’ve tasted in all my life, even better than the versions I’ve bought here in France. ![]() I admit I’m totally late in posting this on my blog: I made an Opéra cake for my friend’s New Year’s Eve party and now we’re almost in summer! ![]()
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