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Before starting this Opera Cake recipe, make sure you have organised all the necessary ingredients. The two sheets of Joconde biscuit have been cooked beforehand, using two Flexipan® Entremets mats (33.5 x 33.5cm). When the Joconde sheets are cold, remove them gently from the mat onto your worktop surface.
A joconde sponge is a decorative almond-flavored sponge cake made in layers. Opéra gâteau is an elaborate version of it, here made with kirsch syrup and a chocolate ganache. Equipment and preparation: You will need a 33x23cm/13x9in Swiss roll tin and a free-standing food mixer.
Whichever camp you fall into, the delicious taste of coffee and chocolate makes this opera cake recipe well worth the time investment. It includes a total of six layers made of light almond sponge cake ( joconde in French), coffee buttercream, and dark chocolate ganache, and it’s all topped with a chocolate glaze.
It includes a total of six layers made of light almond sponge cake ( joconde in French), coffee buttercream, and dark chocolate ganache, and it’s all topped with a chocolate glaze. If you’d like to give it an authentic finishing touch, pipe the word “opera” on top of each piece using any glaze you have leftover.
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