Opera Cake Recipe

Opera Cake Recipe - a rich French dessert, that uses one of the most loved flavor combinations, chocolate and coffee. Opera 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 Opera cake slice and is decorated with gold leaf.

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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Prepare joconde (almond sponge cake)
3:07 - Prepare coffee syrup
3:36 - Chocolate Croustillant
4:26 - Chocolate Ganache
4:58 - Coffee Buttercream
5:55 - Assemble the cake
7:16 - Chocolate Glaze
7:48 - Enjoying the results

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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[kanchanahewavitharana]

Made this two days back. It turned out to be amazing. Everybody in my family absolutely loved it... it was just heavenly 🤤 Thank you for this one..
Keep up the good work!!

[witchita]

I made this cake for my MILs birthday and she loved it. Everyone did. That coffee buttercream is so heavenly too. I almost lost my marbles with the process of making this and it definitely wasn't as serene as hers, my kitchen looked like a hurricane had passed afterwards 🤣.

[whutdafeq]

This was the first video I ever saw of this woman and I've been making her recipes for 4 years now. ❤

[igormelchert]

Man! This is not another cake, another youtube recipe...this is art, a masterpiece. Ella, you're incredible!

[marigoldflower]

I made this recipe recently and it was so delicious! The coffee buttercream was heavenly and everything balanced each other out to provide a coffee flavored dessert! It took all day to make but was worth it!
Here are some tips that I think are useful to anyone trying to make this:
- The egg yolks in the coffee buttercream are completely safe. I was skeptical at first, but it is safe to eat since the egg ‘cooks’ from the addition of the hot syrup.
- Make sure to grease both the pans that you use AND the parchment paper or else the sponge cake with stick and you’ll have a mess.
- I would half the recipe for the coffee syrup since I had a lot of leftover but it’s your choice.
- I didn’t have the Pailleté Feuilletine, so I used crushed Corn Flake cereal instead and it worked perfectly. You can barely tell that it’s cereal in the final product!
- Heating up the knife and wiping it clean before each cut gives really nice pieces!

That’s it! Enjoy <3

[hampersenak]

I have made it twice. Everybody love it. It such a proof to myself that I could made Opera Cake, finally... superthankyou to shared it. It is an amazing recipe.

[simonolya]

Использую этот рецепт с благодарностью. Приятная подача, без лишних слов и движений... Идеальный торт!

[Leliforever]

It was so satisfying watching you cut the pieces 😍😍😍😍

[pms]

This is beautiful to watch. Im a chef today. When i started in the kitchen 13 y ago i tasted an Opera cake. Best cake ever. Im gonna make this for sure. Thank you.

[HowTasty]

A big classic of french dessert with a soundtrack masterpiece, super super like Ella!

[hindhabbari]

Your videos are becoming like a therapy for me, each time I'm stressed or frustrated I watch one of them and half way through it I'm calm just like that! It's magic. Ps: I don't just watch I tried many recipes and they were wonderfull. Thank you so much for this channel

[cyberqueen]

I made this opera cake recipe for a dessert auction a couple months back. It sold for $400! A lot of people loved how good the cake smelled and the description I gave.

[nicorobin]

Im making this step by step, and not in one day. I dont like to stress myself with too many things to do at once so today i made the coffee buttercream, and the coffee syrup. Tomorrow will be the joconde sponge and chocolate ganache. It feels so much easier this way. Oh and btw the coffee buttercream tastes soooo good. Wayyyy tastier than American buttercream. I was sceptical cz it has egg yolks but it's actually amazingg

[watercat]

Am I to understand that this cake is so good, that the moment you bite into it, you start singing opera?

[TheCocoYouKnow]

i've been so lucky that i've been able to try one of these cakes a few years ago and it was the best food i've ever tasted, period.

[anasofiamascarenhas]

I finally made this cake, I had been thinking about it for quite some time. It is a rather long process, but well worth it. If I knew how, I would have sang opera after eating the cake. Thank you. I will be making it again, I love this cake.

[sond]

One of my favorite cake for my family’s bd cake❤️ The most delicious cake ever!! I tried one of the opera cake in Las Vegas high end cafe and it was not even nearly to this one. Thank you to you!!!

[NoName-rqne]

I made this for my mother's birthday, and it was a hit!!! The cake was sweet but not cloyingly so, the coffee made it bearable for my family members who's not a big fan of sticky sweet desserts. Thankyou for the recipe!!!

[designdeepa]

I’d never eat that master creation. Never . I’ll just keep staring at in in love for the rest of my life 😍😍😍

[tomasmihok]

I mean, every single video of yours is flawless masterpiece. Not only the recipes you make are absolutely amazing and every single one has worked for me so far, but you really make art, inspiring art!!!