CAKE - Opera Cake

By Aemelia

Ingredients

• Jaconde Cake:
• 200 g ground almond
• 150 g caster sugar
• 6 eggs
• 50 g butter, melted
• 60 g flour
• 4 egg whites (160g)
• 60 g powdered/confectioners sugar
• Strong brewed coffee to brush the cake layers
• Coffee syrup:
• I used double shot espresso
• 100 g of sugar to make 100ml of coffee syrup
• Chocolate Ganache:
• 250 g Dark Cooking Chocolate, chopped (I used Manner couverture)
• 250 ml whipping cream (I used double cream)
• Coffee Ganache:
• 250 g White Cooking Chocolate (I used Manner couverture)
• 250 ml whipping cream (I used double cream)
• 10 g instant coffee

Details

Adapted from bisousatoi.com

Preparation

Step 1

Chocolate Ganache:
Heat the cream just until boiling point, turn off the heat. Stir in dark cooking chocolate until melted and makes a smooth and shiny ganache.
Let cool and keep it in the fridge for a night. Before using it, take out from the fridge and mix/whip until fluffy and easy to spread. (I heat cream and pour it over my chocolate till melted and makes a smooth and shiny ganache.. dont hv the patience to keep it overnight.. only chill it for 3hrs)

Coffee Ganache:
Heat the cream till boiling point, turn off heat and add instant coffee bef pouring it over white cooking chocolate)

Cake:
Beat ground almond, caster sugar and 3 eggs with electric mixer for about 10 minutes.
Beat in the remaining 3 eggs while continue beating for about 10 minutes more.
Drop 2 big spoons of this batter into melted butter, stir until blended, set aside.
Mix the flour with ground almond batter.
Beat the egg whites until frothy, beat in powdered/confectioners sugar while continue beating until it forms soft peaks.
Fold this egg whites into almond batter. Fold in the melted butter that has been mixed with a little almond batter until well blended. (I added 1/3 egg white into almond batter bef pouring the rest of almond batter into egg white)
Divide the batter into 6 pans (22 x 22 cm each), bake 10 minutes in 200 degree Celcius. Let cool on a wire rack. (I suggest u do 2 pan at one go that way ur batter is not expose far too long)