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Opera cake

Opera cake

Do you know what opera cake is?

A cake with a note on the surface.

Opera cake is a French high-grade cake, also called French thousand-layer cake. Opera cake was invented by a famous French baker in 1960s. On the surface, "Opera" will be written in chocolate cream, and some chefs will draw music notation on chocolate-covered cakes. No matter which design, it is full of the color of the opera house. English Opera, formerly known as Opera cafe, is literally translated into Oprah in Japanese.

Opera cake has a history of one hundred years in France.

have a long history

Opera cake comes from a famous dessert in France. It has a history of hundreds of years and tastes as gorgeous and exquisite as a beautiful and moving opera. Light almond fragrance combined with rich chocolate milk fragrance is melodious and refreshing. After the entrance, the coffee cream is delicate and smooth, and it melts in one bite. Soft and delicious lips and teeth leave fragrance, which brings you to experience the passionate collision between coffee and chocolate.

Making method and taste of opera cake

Production, appearance, material, taste.

The traditional opera has six floors, some as many as nine floors, and it is an orthodox rectangle with a height of 3 cm, including three layers of sponge cake, butter cream and chocolate cream stuffing soaked in coffee syrup. The entrance should be loose enough and not too dry.

Coffee and chocolate should also have a balanced taste. The height of the whole cake is generally less than 4cm, so the baking process is particularly troublesome. In addition, the ingredients are very expensive, so many opera cakes on the market are very expensive.

Opera cake is a low-key luxury.

Squares are stacked on top of each other.

Opera cake is called the best cake, with eight inner layers. If you count the invisible three layers of coffee syrup, there are eleven layers in total, and each layer is enough to detonate a strong taste impact and bite eight layers in one bite. It is an ultimate taste experience.

The cake in the opera house is square, which doesn't seem to be typical French style at first glance. But whether in the presented cake plate or in the small disk, the introverted appearance is surrounded by rich and elegant atmosphere.

The story of opera cake:

Opera cake was invented by a famous French baker in 1960s. On the surface, "Opera" will be written in chocolate cream, and some chefs will draw music notation on chocolate-covered cakes. The literal translation of Japanese is Oprah.

The origin of the name of opera cake

Version 1: It is said that the opera cake was created by Dalloyau dessert shop which opened in 1890. It is a popular cake with the image of the opera house. Because it is square, the surface is covered with a thin layer of chocolate, just like the stage in the opera house. The cake is decorated with a piece of gold foil (expensive gold foil), which symbolizes the Canil leaf of the Opera House (formerly the name of the famous Paris Opera House), hence the name.

Version 2: It is said that this exquisite Melaleuca cake was first created by a famous chef named gaston Lenore in 1960s, and was enjoyed by the nobles of the Opera House. It's a dessert for the audience at the intermission of the opera.

Version 3: It is also said that this dessert was originally a popular dessert developed from a dim sum coffee shop in France. Because it is extremely popular and the store is next to the Opera House, this dessert is simply called Opera, which means Opera House in French.

The cake core of the Opera House overlaps eight layers. If you count the invisible three layers of coffee syrup, it's eleven layers in all. Each layer is enough to detonate a strong taste shock and bite off all eight layers in one bite. It's the taste experience caused by Ji.

Opera cake, like almond cake and Madeleine cake, is a snack that can represent France.