MannaLady

Am pretty sure that many people are familiar with this cake. This is the typical birthday cakes, especially among the residents of Surabaya as numerous bakeries sell these. Opera cake is basically joconde, or almond biscuit, layered with chocolate ganache and coffee buttercream. The sides are often left cut and undecorated as the display of the different layers are breathtaking by itself.

This is truly the cake that made the french bakery Dalloyau famous. If you can get your hands on Paris sweets by Dorie Greenspan, and anybody who's fascinated by Paris and its foods should get it, you will find a recipe of Dalloyau's Opera cake.

This version here, I learned from a Japanese pastry chef during a class held in Singapore. The opera is quite unique as it has Japanese influence, where the cake layers are more fluffy and the layers feel lighter. I have layered fragrant almond biscuit, soaked with aromatic coffee syrup and layered with cream-of-the-crop valrhona chocolate ganache, luscious and creamy coffee buttercream and finally topped with shining chocolate glaze, giving this cake its signature classy appearance.

If you'd like a taste of this "Japanese influenced" Opera Cake, Order here.
Rp. 300,000 for a medium rectangular opera cake

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