Opéra Cake

Name: Opéra Cake
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Joconde sponge: ground almonds, icing sugar, eggs, flour and egg whites; Strong coffee syrup; Coffee buttercream; Chocolate ganache: 200g dark chocolate and 200ml cream; Chocolate glaze

Gâteau opéra/gah-TOH oh-pay-RAH/

Also known as: Gateau Opera, Opera Gateau

About this dish

An elegant layered cake of almond sponge soaked in coffee syrup, coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache, with a glossy chocolate glaze.

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Ingredients

🌰Joconde sponge: ground almonds, icing sugar, eggs, flour and egg whites

☕Strong coffee syrup

🧈Coffee buttercream

🍫Chocolate ganache: 200g dark chocolate and 200ml cream

🍫Chocolate glaze

Method

Serves 2

Bake thin sheets of almond joconde sponge and cut into three equal rectangles.

Soak the first layer with coffee syrup and spread with coffee buttercream.

Add the second soaked layer and spread with ganache.

Add the third soaked layer and a thin layer of buttercream, then chill.

Pour over the chocolate glaze, chill to set and slice with a hot knife.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Gâteau opéra was popularised by the Parisian pâtisserie Dalloyau in the 1950s, named after the Paris opera house.

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