Opera Cake

Do you know what an opera cake is?

A cake with a musical note on the top

The Opera Cake is a French haute cuisine pastry, also known as French lasagna. The Opera Cake was invented in the 1960s by a famous French pastry chef. OPERA" is written on the surface with chocolate buttercream, and some bakers draw musical symbols on the chocolate-dusted cake surface. No matter which design is used, it is full of the colors of the Opera House. The English name is Opera, originally Opera cafe, and the direct Japanese translation is Opera.

Opera cake has a hundred years of history in France

Long history

Opera cake is a famous dessert from France, which has a history of hundreds of years, and the taste is as gorgeous and delicate as a beautiful and moving opera. The light almond aroma with rich chocolate milk flavor intertwined with the melodious and refreshing, after the entrance of the coffee cream delicate and smooth, a bite that melts, soft and delicious lips and teeth, to bring you to experience the passion of the collision between coffee and chocolate.

Method and taste of Opera Cake

Making, appearance, ingredients, taste.

Traditional Opera has six layers, some as many as nine, with an orthodox rectangular shape, 3 centimeters high, including three layers of sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, butter cream and chocolate cream filling, which should be fluffy enough in the mouth and not too dry.

The coffee and chocolate flavors must be balanced, and the height of the whole cake is usually less than 4cm, so the baking process is particularly troublesome, plus the ingredients are very expensive, so many opera house cakes on the market are sold at a very high price.

Opera cake is a low-key luxury

Four-square layer stacked

Opera cake is known as the best cake, the core stacked up to eight layers, if you count the invisible three layers of coffee syrup is eleven layers of each layer is enough to detonate a strong taste impact, a bite bite all eight layers, that is an ultimate taste experience.

The Opera Cake's four-square shape doesn't seem typically French at first glance. But whether in a presented cake plate or in a small dish, the restrained appearance has its own kind of rich and elegant aura surrounding it.

Opera Cake Trivia:

The Opera Cake was invented in the 1960s by a famous French pastry chef. OPERA" is written in chocolate buttercream on the top, and some bakers draw musical symbols on the chocolate-dusted cake top. The Japanese translation is Opera.

The origin of the name Opera Cake

Version 1: Opera Cake is said to be a popular cake created by the Dalloyau confectionery, which opened in 1890, in the image of the Opera House. Because of its square shape, the top is covered with a thin layer of chocolate to resemble the stage in the Opera House. The top of the cake is decorated with a piece of gold leaf, symbolizing the Garnier of the Opera House (originally the name of a famous Parisian opera house), hence the name.

Version 2: Legend has it that this exquisite lasagna was pioneered in the 1960s by a celebrity chef named Gaston Lenore for the aristocracy of the Opera House, and was served to the audience as a dessert between operatic performances.

Version 3: It is also said that this dessert was originally developed from a popular dessert café in France. Because of its popularity and its location next to the Opera House, the dessert was called Opera, which is French for Opera House.

The Opera Cake has eight layers, or eleven if you count the three invisible layers of coffee syrup, each of which is enough to trigger a strong taste sensation, and a bite of all eight layers is a ji-tastic taste experience.

The Opera Cake, like the macarons and Madeleine cupcakes, is a treat that represents France.