Opera Cake
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While making Opera Cake from scratch will have you spend a hefty chunk of time in the kitchen, I swear it's so decadent, it's totally worth the effort.
16 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 8 (240g | 8.45oz) egg whites, large
- 8 Eggs, large
Condiments
- 2 tbsp Corn syrup
Baking & Spices
- 2/3 cup All-purpose flour, unbleached
- 3 cups Almond flour
- 3 1/2 cups Bittersweet chocolate
- 1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup Milk chocolate
- 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 Swiss meringue buttercream recipe
Oils & Vinegars
- 3 tbsp Peanut oil
Drinks
- 4 tbsp Instant coffee, powder
Dairy
- 3/4 cup Butter
- 1 cup Heavy cream
Liquids
- 13 tbsp Water
Opera Cake www.pastry-workshop.com
21 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 170 g Egg whites
- 80 g Egg yolks
- 170 g Eggs, whole
Baking & Spices
- 25 g All-purpose flour
- 135 g Almond flour
- 100 Bittersweet chocolate
- 30 g Coffee beans
- 80 g Dark chocolate
- 135 g Icing sugar
- 3 g Salt
- 5 g Vanilla extract
- 315 g White sugar
Oils & Vinegars
- 30 g Grapeseed oil
- 15 g Vegetable oil
Drinks
- 2 g Instant coffee
Dairy
- 330 g Butter
- 150 g Heavy cream
Beer, Wine & Liquor
- 15 g Amaretto/ cointreau/ dark rhum
Liquids
- 205 g Water
Other
- 20 g Liquid glucose
- 80 g Paillete feuilletine
5 · 60 minutes · recette dessert ⚪ opera cake | Home Cooking Adventure (cake chocolat recipe kuchen rezept)
5 · 60 minutes · recette dessert ⚪ opera cake | Home Cooking Adventure (cake chocolat recipe kuchen rezept)
15 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 5 Egg whites
- 5 Egg yolks
- 5 Eggs
Baking & Spices
- 15 oz Chocolate, semisweet
- 1/4 cup Flour
- 5 oz Powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 22 tbsp Sugar
Oils & Vinegars
- 2 tbsp Canola oil
Nuts & Seeds
- 5 oz Almonds, ground
Drinks
- 5 tsp Instant coffee
Dairy
- 22 tbsp Butter
- 2/3 cup Whipping cream
Liquids
- 3/4 cup Water
Other
- 2.5 oz (70g) Paillette Feuilletine
Sedrati Reda saved to Gâteaux et desserts
Opera Cake is a classic French dessert combining layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, espresso-flavored buttercream, and decadent chocolate ganache. It’s finished with a smooth chocolate glaze. This recipe has been tested many times and is easily the best homemade opera cake recipe that I’ve ever tried.

Patty Reisz saved to Baking - Cake Recipies
Classic Opera is rich, creamy and enticing layered French cake. Chocolate and coffee lovers, this will be your favorite with its flavorful ...

Amudha Siva saved to Palate taste
Easy recipe for the traditional Opera cake, using vanilla sponge cake soaked with coffee, frosted with a coffee French buttercream and garnished with chocolate ganache!
15 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 6 Eggs, large
Condiments
- 3/4 cup Simple syrup
Baking & Spices
- 1/4 cup All-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Almond flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 3/4 cup Granulated sugar, white
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Drinks
- 3 tbsp Instant coffee
Dairy
- 2 cups Butter, unsalted
- 1 1/2 cups Condensed milk, sweetened
- 1/4 cup Heavy cream
Beer, Wine & Liquor
- 1/4 cup Kahlua coffee liqueur
Liquids
- 2 tbsp Water

Michael Mehlisch saved to Cake recipes
While making Opera Cake from scratch will have you spend a hefty chunk of time in the kitchen, I swear it's so decadent, it's totally worth the effort.
16 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 8 (240g | 8.45oz) egg whites, large
- 8 Eggs, large
Condiments
- 2 tbsp Corn syrup
Baking & Spices
- 2/3 cup All-purpose flour, unbleached
- 3 cups Almond flour
- 3 1/2 cups Bittersweet chocolate
- 1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup Milk chocolate
- 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 Swiss meringue buttercream recipe
Oils & Vinegars
- 3 tbsp Peanut oil
Drinks
- 4 tbsp Instant coffee, powder
Dairy
- 3/4 cup Butter
- 1 cup Heavy cream
Liquids
- 13 tbsp Water

Heather Childress saved to Food
Blackberry Opera | Patisserie Makes Perfect
15 ingredients
Produce
- 310 ml Blackberry puree
Refrigerated
- 200 g Egg whites
- 90 g Egg yolks
- 324 g Eggs
Baking & Spices
- 260 g Castor sugar
- 250 g Icing sugar
- 76 g Plain flour
Nuts & Seeds
- 250 g Almonds, Ground
Dairy
- 443 g Butter, Unsalted
- 300 ml Double cream
- 260 ml Whipping cream
Liquids
- 45 ml Water
Other
- 375 g Guittard semisweet 66% cacao wafers
- 250 g Guittard akoma extra semisweet chocolate chips 55%
- 40 g Liquid glucose

babyrockmyday.com saved to Baking: Kuchen / Cakes
In early March, Antonio Bachour gave a course at the L’École Valrhona Brooklyn school on entremets and petits gâteaux in which he explored many combinations of different flavors with gâteaux bases and created multi-layer entremets of various textures and fillings. The title of the course speaks for itself, “Bachour style”, which we can perfectly admire in this Peckale Opera, a kind of deconstruction of the classic Opera dessert based on butter and coffee. Enjoy the complete recipe below…

Belen Pierson saved to International Desserts