My Opera Cake | layered desserts
Giving you my take on a classic recipe, that has chocolate and coffee flavour in every bite!
I am also showing how to get creative with building a layered dessert by using tools that you might have around already. In this recipe, I tried to avoid buying a cake frame since they are so expensive and take up a lot of space. Check out the video to see what I used instead ;)
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Ingredients.
Almond sponge cake
60g icing sugar
60g ground almonds
20g A.P. flour
60g egg
15g melted unsalted butter
70g egg whites
10g sugar
Coffee syrup
30ml simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water, heated up together until dissolved)
1 shot of espresso
Coffee buttercream
190g icing sugar
100g unsalted butter
1 shot of espresso
Pinch of salt
(Adjust sweetness to your liking)
And if too stiff, add some cream.
Chocolate ganache
100g whipping cream
100g dark chocolate
Bring the cream to a boil and add to the chocolate. Stir gently to combine until smooth.
Enough for 6 portions
Instructions are in the video, happy baking!