The dark horse of the Bake Bucket List beckoned. I had to put my thinking cap on: what can I do to serve up a dessert that can hold lit candles, yet be texturally almost similar to pudding? If anything, the offspring were anticipating cake. Now, he is a tough one he will always choose pudding over cake. I made the Opera for my husband’s birthday. *as long as you have no qualms working in humid tropical heat, on your feet for a back-breaking four hours” that is, heh heh. The Gateau L’Opera is not as daunting a bake as it seems – it IS a home-baker-*friendly dessert! Hurrah!
but here it is my maiden attempt at the Opera. I make no illusions to even hoping it will look as perfect as those behind the glass counters ……. This has been on my Bake Bucket List for as long as I can remember. You see, one of my life’s missions is to try my hand at making the Opera cake. If you haven’t had it yet, the Opera is an almond sponge topped with coffee-infused buttercream and capped with a thick, dark chocolate ganache – but wait, it is not just one layer of cake it is at least three stacked layers of the same! This is my most exciting bake to date! AND the longest I have ever spent on a cake (FOUR hours) ! Forgive the liberal use of exclamation marks, I am still very excited even though the cake has been absolutely decimated by the household by now. The Gateau L’Opera (or Opera cake) is a decadent, sexy French invention.
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