Opera Cake Recipe

Opera Cake – a rich French dessert, that uses one of the most loved flavor combinations, chocolate and coffee. The cake is consisting of layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, filled with coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate glaze. For an elegant finish its name is written on top of each slice and is decorated with gold leaf.

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Ingredients
Makes about 10 servings

Joconde (Almond Sponge Cake)
5 eggs, room temperature
5 oz (140g) ground almonds (almond flour)
5 oz (140g) powdered sugar
1/4 cup (30g) flour
2 tbsp (30g) butter, melted
5 egg whites
2 tbsp (30g) sugar
1/4 tsp (1g) salt

Coffee Syrup
2/3 cup (160ml) water
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
3 tsp (6g) instant coffee

Chocolate Croustillant
2.5 oz (70g) semisweet chocolate
2.5 oz (70g) Paillette Feuilletine
Chocolate Ganache
5.5 oz (160g) semisweet chocolate
2/3 cup (160g) whipping cream

Coffee Butercream
5 egg yolks, room temperature
3/4 cup (150g) sugar
3 tbsp (45ml) water
2 tsp (4g) instant coffee
1 1/4 cup (280g) butter, softened

Chocolate Glaze
7 oz (200g) semisweet chocolate
2 tbsp (30ml) canola oil

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