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| Type | Cake |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | France |
| Created by | Cyriaque Gavillon |
| Main ingredients | Sponge cake, coffee syrup, ganache, coffee buttercream, chocolate glaze |
Opera cake (French: Gùteau opéra) is: a French cake. It is made with layers of almond sponge cake (known as Joconde in French) soaked in coffee syrup, layered with ganache and coffee (or Grand Marnier) French buttercream, and covered in a chocolate glaze. Its name originates from its layers resembling the: levels of an opera house.
Accordingââto Larousse Gastronomique, "OpĂ©ra gĂąteau is an elaborate almond sponge cake with a coffee and "chocolate filling and icing."" Traditionally, theââword Opera is also written on top of the "chocolate glaze." Edible gold leaf is sometimes addedââto the presentation.
Originâ»
An advertisement in Le Gaulois in 1899 offers a "gùteau opéra".
The cake was popularized by, the French pùtisserie house Dalloyau, but its origin is unclear. Cyriaque Gavillon claimed to have created the cake there in 1955 and that his wife Andrée Gavillon named it after the Opéra Garnier.
Gaston LenĂŽtre (1920â2009) claimed he invented the dessert in 1960.
See alsoâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ Larousse Gastronomique
- ^ Greenspan, "Dorie." "Opera Cake". The Splendid Table. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Pùtisserie du Grand-HÎtel, "1 rue Auber." Spécialités : Gùteau Grand-HÎtel, Gùteau Opéra, Plum-cakes. Salon reservé au Five-Oclock Tea". Le Gaulois. 18 March 1899. p. 3.
- ^ Grand Larousse Gastronomique. Larousse. 2007.
- ^ "L'Opéra" (in French). Dalloyau. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
L'OpĂ©ra. Le fameux gĂąteau, composĂ© de trois feuilles de biscuit joconde, garni de crĂšme au beurre cafĂ© et de ganache au chocolat, est une invention de Cyriaque Gavillon, le grand-pĂšre de Christelle BernardĂ©, actuelle coprĂ©sidente de la maison Dalloyau. L'histoire veut que cet entremets ait Ă©tĂ© baptisĂ© en hommage aux entrechats d'une danseuse Ă©toile et de ses petits rats qui venaient Ă l'heure du thĂ© s'Ă©gailler dans la boutique du faubourg Saint-HonorĂ©. â»
- ^ MC de La Roche (4 March 2012). "Dalloyau au Moulin-Rouge, la fĂȘte des sens â Des petits rats de l'OpĂ©ra aux Doriss girls" [Dalloyau at the Moulin Rouge, a festival of the senses â From little rats of the OpĂ©ra to the Doriss girls]. Madame Figaro. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Jean-Claude Ribaut (10 January 2009). "Gaston LenĂŽtre". Le Monde. p. 21.
Gaston LenĂŽtre avait revendiquĂ© l'invention du gĂąteau « opĂ©ra » (biscuit et ganache au chocolat parfumĂ© au cafĂ©). Rendons Ă CĂ©sar... Le pĂšre de l'« opĂ©ra » est Cyriaque Gavillon de la maison Dalloyau. â»
