Opera Cake Recipe

Opera Cake Recipe - a rich French dessert, that uses one of the most loved flavor combinations, chocolate and coffee. Opera Cake is consisting of layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, filled with coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate glaze. For an elegant finish its name is written on top of each Opera cake slice and is decorated with gold leaf.
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Prepare joconde (almond sponge cake)
3:07 - Prepare coffee syrup
3:36 - Chocolate Croustillant
4:26 - Chocolate Ganache
4:58 - Coffee Buttercream
5:55 - Assemble the cake
7:16 - Chocolate Glaze
7:48 - Enjoying the results
Ingredients
Makes about 10 servings
Joconde (Almond Sponge Cake)
5 eggs, room temperature
5 oz (140g) ground almonds (almond flour)
5 oz (140g) powdered sugar
1/4 cup (30g) flour
2 tbsp (30g) butter, melted
5 egg whites
2 tbsp (30g) sugar
1/4 tsp (1g) salt
Coffee Syrup
2/3 cup (160ml) water
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
3 tsp (6g) instant coffee
Chocolate Croustillant
2.5 oz (70g) semisweet chocolate
2.5 oz (70g) Paillette Feuilletine
Chocolate Ganache
5.5 oz (160g) semisweet chocolate
2/3 cup (160g) whipping cream
Coffee Butercream
5 egg yolks, room temperature
3/4 cup (150g) sugar
3 tbsp (45ml) water
2 tsp (4g) instant coffee
1 1/4 cup (280g) butter, softened
Chocolate Glaze
7 oz (200g) semisweet chocolate
2 tbsp (30ml) canola oil
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[@kanchanahewavitharana881]

Made this two days back. It turned out to be amazing. Everybody in my family absolutely loved it... it was just heavenly 🤤 Thank you for this one.. Keep up the good work!!

[@watercat1302]

Am I to understand that this cake is so good, that the moment you bite into it, you start singing opera?

[@2Much2lose]

It is really amazing and now that the bakery I used to get it from discontinued it I’ll have to make it!

[@Hayleyoocrazy]

Now that you've mentioned that... Hell yeah! That should totally be the official explanation!!!

[@linahusham7837]

That, and in case you are the one cooking it, you need to play on some opera while making it, cause thats how long it takes actually lol

[@naritruwireve1381]

As someone who made the cake, I can confirm you start singing opera after taking a bite

[@ferygirlallabout4165]

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[@witchita101]

I made this cake for my MILs birthday and she loved it. Everyone did. That coffee buttercream is so heavenly too. I almost lost my marbles with the process of making this and it definitely wasn't as serene as hers, my kitchen looked like a hurricane had passed afterwards 🤣.

[@whutdafeq1715]

This was the first video I ever saw of this woman and I've been making her recipes for 4 years now. ❤

[@Homecookingadventurerecipes]

Wow, thank you 😊 More than happy to hear this:)

[@marigoldflower4264]

I made this recipe recently and it was so delicious! The coffee buttercream was heavenly and everything balanced each other out to provide a coffee flavored dessert! It took all day to make but was worth it! Here are some tips that I think are useful to anyone trying to make this: - The egg yolks in the coffee buttercream are completely safe. I was skeptical at first, but it is safe to eat since the egg ‘cooks’ from the addition of the hot syrup. - Make sure to grease both the pans that you use AND the parchment paper or else the sponge cake with stick and you’ll have a mess. - I would half the recipe for the coffee syrup since I had a lot of leftover but it’s your choice. - I didn’t have the Pailleté Feuilletine, so I used crushed Corn Flake cereal instead and it worked perfectly. You can barely tell that it’s cereal in the final product! - Heating up the knife and wiping it clean before each cut gives really nice pieces! That’s it! Enjoy

[@Homecookingadventurerecipes]

So glad you tried this cake:) It is delicious and worth all the effort involved :) Hope you will try some other recipes from my channel

[@markhenry6486]

people often express concern about eating undercooked eggs but have no reservations about chowing down on sunny side up (raw) eggs daily.

[@igormelchert2280]

Man! This is not another cake, another youtube recipe...this is art, a masterpiece. Ella, you're incredible!

[@thibault973]

Yet this is one of the most common and basic cake you can find in France lol, nothing special.

[@iwilitu6591]

thibault973 Yes common when you go to the boulangerie, but I don’t think a lot of us are doing it ourselves

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@@thibault973 no one cares what you think.

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@@2Much2lose I care

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[@Leliforever]

It was so satisfying watching you cut the pieces 😍😍😍😍

[@onlyme3141]

Ελευθερία me too 😍

[@Nanaki605]

Music perfectly syncronized helps a lot!!

[@huma1234566]

Ελευθερία i ws thinkng the same thing....just amazing...i wonder how delicious it tastes..!!!

[@ahmadrasheed3890]

Hello

[@m.h.1593]

With that music. I literally gasped and teared up.

[@hampersenak]

I have made it twice. Everybody love it. It such a proof to myself that I could made Opera Cake, finally... superthankyou to shared it. It is an amazing recipe.

[@ferygirlallabout4165]

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[@cyberqueen7784]

I made this opera cake recipe for a dessert auction a couple months back. It sold for $400! A lot of people loved how good the cake smelled and the description I gave.

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That is awesome!

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I mean, every single video of yours is flawless masterpiece. Not only the recipes you make are absolutely amazing and every single one has worked for me so far, but you really make art, inspiring art!!!

[@hindhabbari7725]

Your videos are becoming like a therapy for me, each time I'm stressed or frustrated I watch one of them and half way through it I'm calm just like that! It's magic. Ps: I don't just watch I tried many recipes and they were wonderfull. Thank you so much for this channel

[@p3ms87]

This is beautiful to watch. Im a chef today. When i started in the kitchen 13 y ago i tasted an Opera cake. Best cake ever. Im gonna make this for sure. Thank you.

[@daotianma1392]

YES love the flower duet at the beginning, it's so beautiful.

[@HowTasty]

A big classic of french dessert with a soundtrack masterpiece, super super like Ella!

[@yAA740]

How Tasty what's the name of the soundtrack ?

[@HowTasty]

Yasmin Abdallah, the soundtrack is taken from the "Duo des fleurs" by Léo Delibes, from the french opera "Lakmé".

[@meerneuer4971]

I💐U

[@maidaumair5957]

Amazing

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[@tugasugartime5983]

Uma pessoa até chora de emoção a ver este vídeo. Que graciosidade. Que bom gosto na realização do vídeo e da receita. No final quando se corta o bolo e se vê todas as camadas, é a facada final para cair a lágrima.

[@simonolya]

Использую этот рецепт с благодарностью. Приятная подача, без лишних слов и движений... Идеальный торт!

[@TheCocoYouKnow]

i've been so lucky that i've been able to try one of these cakes a few years ago and it was the best food i've ever tasted, period.

[@ferygirlallabout4165]

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[@yuliachannel778]

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful masterpiece as always Ella!! This looks incredible. And SUCH beautiful editng!! I love the music too! Yulia xxx

[@annamennella4059]

Sei fantastica! Complimenti 👏👏👏👏🖒🖒🖒🖒 non potevi scegliere, che un nome più adatto di un'opera!👏👏👏👏 veramente lo è! 😋😍😗❤

[@NoName-rq5ne]

I made this for my mother's birthday, and it was a hit!!! The cake was sweet but not cloyingly so, the coffee made it bearable for my family members who's not a big fan of sticky sweet desserts. Thankyou for the recipe!!!

[@ruhmanoor9353]

I’m speechless. Your work is just pure magic.

[@turoczizsofia337]

Hi Ella, I love the way you always find the perfect music style to each of your dishes. This cake is my favourite. Regards from Hungary 😊

[@noraalice9752]

I made this cake the other day,it was absolutely delicious!!!! I love all your recipes thank you for sharing :) Only thing I will change next time is I will half the quantity of the buttercream and the ganache because it was a thicker layer than in the video. Other than that 💯💯💯💯

[@kurtlim7]

my mom once took me to this hotel back when i was a kid... i remember seeing this decadent chocolate cake that had "opera" written on it. i decided to try a slice and ever since then, this cake was and forever will be my favorite cake in the whole world 🤎

[@brendanhoffmann8402]

There's a little shop in my town that makes the most amazing one of these! Pure indulgence!

[@sond8939]

One of my favorite cake for my family’s bd cake❤️ The most delicious cake ever!! I tried one of the opera cake in Las Vegas high end cafe and it was not even nearly to this one. Thank you to you!!!

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[@legomewithsafiyah5086]

I'm amazingly excited about I came to know about home cooking adventure, every recipe comes out perfect👌, no doubt about it at all. Every cake is so artistic, this kind of recipes all what I was looking for everywhere. I'm overwhelmed in happiness 😍

[@nancydrew5]

I love seeing your hands in your videos. They make glorious delectable creations. Beautiful creative hands!

[@RobbietheMann1]

Watching you cut those perfect pieces of cake was sensational

[@risingboo2912]

That must smell heavenly ♡

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OMG ITS JUST FANTASTIC

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les délices de Mina وصفات مينة did u try it?

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Просмотрела несколько вариантов торта и выбрала ваш вариант,все разложено по полочкам,ясно и понятно.Благтдарю,хочу побаловать себя любимую,испечь ко дню рождения.👏👏👏👏🌻🌹

[@dynjarren8355]

It is worth it because of the layers. The flavors are amazing!

[@designdeepa]

I’d never eat that master creation. Never . I’ll just keep staring at in in love for the rest of my life 😍😍😍

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[@twinsplan3335]

The sheer amount of work makes it a legendary cake.

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[@twitchinsefiri3733]

Coffee with milk would go well with this cake. By the way, making coffee with milk is available on my channel.

[@olgabukata7398]

I am so addicted to watching your videos! So relaxing and inspiring! 👏🙌

[@hampersenak]

I had just made it for my parents 33th anniversary and my mom love it so much.... thank you... i was not so good at decorating it but it turned out delicious yummy yummy... thank you so much... wonderful recipe

[@daiseymae6263]

Ok, I’m in the middle of baking this, almost ready for assembly, and each and every components taste so damn good I could just eat it out of the bowl. Thanks for sharing

[@nicorobin7211]

Im making this step by step, and not in one day. I dont like to stress myself with too many things to do at once so today i made the coffee buttercream, and the coffee syrup. Tomorrow will be the joconde sponge and chocolate ganache. It feels so much easier this way. Oh and btw the coffee buttercream tastes soooo good. Wayyyy tastier than American buttercream. I was sceptical cz it has egg yolks but it's actually amazingg

[@mubarakkaz617]

nico robin American Buttercream tastes Horrible and that’s Y I hate any cakes which has butter but after Eating Gateau Opera for my birthday, It was Soooo good 😝😋😋 All thanks to the Chef who surprised me with that cake 😋😋😋 I can have this kinda Cakes ..

[@WilliamWonka]

Mubarakka Z what’s the difference between American buttercream and non-American buttercream?

[@tundereinhardt4676]

I will be making it slowly as well! So many steps! But definitely worth it!

[@ulyasif515]

How did you store coffee buttercream?

[@magdolnavarsanyi3627]

I love your idea,very smart

[@jacekadamczyk2481]

I made it! This cake and this recipe is truly amazing. I will recreate for Christmas. Many thanks!

[@priyangasureshnmmathew8943]

Absolutely its called art of cake.i made this.&so thank full to you giving this valuable recipe.im a home baker from srilanka.all my customers love this cake.thank you

[@sarabeen3488]

I follow the steps.i made it for the birthday party of my son.it was so delicious. Thank you for the receipt.

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[@santoshrao5275]

You deserve SO many more subscribers and views. I wish you all the success ahead! ❤

[@bjmurr6309]

Wow, lots of steps, yet with just music is like watching someone create a work of art.

[@alexandretoledo1708]

Best recipe ever! Best songs ever! Don't wanna see it back again; it is so wonderful that I feel badly mediocre! Thanks a million for this video!

[@nordinrifi1]

Finally 😋 thanks for this one I was waiting for it for long time 🙏 you the best 👌

[@anasofiamascarenhas6557]

I finally made this cake, I had been thinking about it for quite some time. It is a rather long process, but well worth it. If I knew how, I would have sang opera after eating the cake. Thank you. I will be making it again, I love this cake.

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Сразу 2 коржа пекли? Поочередно нельзя печь?

[@alaaalbarrawi5548]

I like how your videos have their own original style not like all the other video recipes that are sped up and ten recipes are crammed up into ten minutes

[@kalisto69jade]

When she was cutting those cakes...I felt I really needed those in my life!!! nomnomnom!

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I made it ! And it turned out amazing !! Your recipe's are the best 🤩

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Looks so delicious!! 😋😍

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[@LorettaChin]

Thank you for this, I finally know what it is that I love so much in French cakes (Pailleté Feuilletine).

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Спасибо огромное за шикарный рецепт !!!!!!!

[@pepourattana]

Wonderful recipe and vdo clip. Thank you.

[@flyhome786]

I have to press like button before I watch. Cause I know I would love it❤❤❤😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👍👍👍

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👍

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@Katy First Me too ☺️

[@lauramoretti1323]

Torta infinita da preparare, ma sicuramente super squisita. !! Complimenti! ! ! ! !

[@akashchawlani4329]

I run a cafe in india. I have been wanting to make a dessert like this for a very long time Glad I found this recipe Although I tweaked it a little bit by substituting coffee with hazelnut, the result was beyond delicious.

[@mubarakkaz617]

Yu are wonderful and yu always make the best recipes in the world.. I always follow ur recipe and it’s best .. and thanks for the recipes in metrics (grams) ... I appreciate your efforts

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[@Mama_wife92]

Omg 😲, masterpiece 😍 What a lovely video...

[@freddieeilers2562]

I have never made a cake that got this many complemets and I loved every momnet creating it. thank u thank you this is just the best

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OmG perfect combination..this gonna be my guilty pleasure..

[@Naive76]

I did try this cake on my Husband’s Birthday it was splendid, he liked it so much!! Thanks a ton for this delicious recipe🥳

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[@twitchinsefiri3733]

Coffee with milk would go well with this cake. By the way, making coffee with milk is available on my channel.

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I bet you guys have no idea what an amazing channel you two have. Love love love love your videos, A+++

[@Homecookingadventurerecipes]

thank you :) Cheers

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@@Homecookingadventurerecipes What can we use in replacement of almond flour

[@amaliatusek6899]

Thank you for this beautiful recipe and for demonstrating making it

[@aleksandrasowa9021]

Thank you for this recipe, I made it just now and can't wait to cut it all up tomorrow 😁 the only struggle I had was final chocolate glaze that split on the top and I ended up doing second level of it I think In future I will just wait for chocolate glaze to cool a little bit as I put it straight away this time. No drama, I love to learn on my own mistakes 😊 will definitely stick to this recipe until I master it ❤

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Your work is perfect!!mandra ca esti romanca!!

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Chiar e romanca????????!!!!!!

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Wow, I feel like I gained 20 pounds just watching this, YUM! 🤤

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Спасибо большое! Очень хороший рецепт. Быстро, понятно, без лишних слов.

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Oh Dear I couldn't keep my eyes open I was melting,,,,, so relaxing watching your art Hard to stay on Thank you I enjoyed it☮️💙🤞

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Omg amazing recipe and video. I fathom how much u work to create such wonderful experiences for us. However looking forward to more savoury dishes from u in the future( actually i tried most of them they turned out fabulous so)

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Yummy....... Gonna try it

[@rajv9235]

One of my favorites .Watched many videos in this lock down but this Screenplay music and presentation is WoW..

[@keronader94]

I tried this recipe and it turned out absolutely delicious!

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LOVE IT!!!!!! The classiest I have ever seen. The video angle and graphics quality are awesome.

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I think your the best baker on KZbin 👍👍🤗

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Maria Lorraine i agree , she produces the most beautiful videos with clear steps and guaranteed results

[@iftyal1323]

I never got bord when i watch you cooking,love all your recipes .

[@theinevitableheatdeathofth7921]

I made this recently and it came out delicious! My advice is if you don't have the time to make Paillette Feuilletine, you can easily substitute it with corn flakes. Also it's very rich so eating it after a full dinner will probably make you sick

[@ohaie]

I always hope someone actually offers me some at the end of these videos 😔.

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[@lary9675]

vraiment la création de l'Opéra, une grande œuvre d'art 🙏🏻

[@AlexWilliams-qf3rp]

That's a work of art...beautiful

[@mememeem912]

Just made this today and god it was delicious thanks so much for the recipe

[@ferygirlallabout4165]

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[@twitchinsefiri3733]

Coffee with milk would go well with this cake. By the way, making coffee with milk is available on my channel.

[@07Janina07]

That was a masterpiece. Amazing!

[@ferygirlallabout4165]

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[@twitchinsefiri3733]

Coffee with milk would go well with this cake. By the way, making coffee with milk is available on my channel.

[@IGS888]

Как же это аппетитно выглядит!!! Вкусняшка!!!

[@rodolfolins2010]

This is ART!!! Congratulations - from Brazil !!!

[@SK-bp7pr]

You need whole day to make this. Hard work

[@nargeskeshavarz2005]

Shabnum Nazli u can manage it in 2.5 h

[@2Much2lose]

@@nargeskeshavarz2005 yep

[@twitchinsefiri3733]

Coffee with milk would go well with this cake. By the way, making coffee with milk is available on my channel.

[@staypositive1912]

Si Nice... Am from Algeria

[@azrairdina4104]

It looks so delicious!! Nice sharing😍

[@loriseabrook1906]

Thank you. Saw on master chef n wanted to make! I thank you!

[@inikaee]

Looks like yummy and fancy 😅 . I love the way you put old song as background 🙂

[@princessconsuela4168]

I've already tried it and it's soooo delicious !!!! Thank you so much for these recipes they are all very DELICIOUS. Also, I like the way you make something which looks too complicated so easy !! However, the only thing that bothered me in the recipe is that the chocolate croustillant didn't stick on the joconde so when I wanted to serve my family, much of the croustillant was left on the dish :/ What I recommend you is to put the croustillant on the middle sponge cake part, just under the chocolate ganache . I hope that you will make more videos because your recipes are so delicious and so easy to make thank you

[@svetusyamurusya1591]

Одним словом,шедевр!!!!!!

[@stephybee614]

I am too going to make this for my husband. So inspired!!!!! Thank you for the perfect video.

[@Homecookingadventurerecipes]

You are so welcome!

[@param704]

I just finished it, it's so delicious yet messy i couldn't make it look as nice as yours 😁

[@SuperGhencea]

Next time try cutting it with a hot knife 😉

[@EthanLeeInNyc]

Where do you get paillete feuilletine?

[@SuperGhencea]

@@EthanLeeInNyc you make them 😄 You need butter, sugar and egg whites, there are a few recipes on KZbin

[@EthanLeeInNyc]

Svetlana Munca thank you so much

[@hampersenak]

@@EthanLeeInNyc i used crispy crepes snack for subtitution

[@anhtruongthai5184]

Your cake looks so beautiful ❤ OMG OwO I love it . Thanks for making this video

[@paolajofre1408]

Es uno de mis postres preferidos. Es divino muy exclusivos, vale lo que piden en pastelerías francesas. Voy a tratar de hacerlo.

[@koustabhdolui3508]

This is not a recipe, it is a piece of art.

[@mamabearcher2685]

BEAUTIFUL

[@ED-cz2bq]

Tobad theirs no virtual tasting, this looks so mouth watering!!!!

[@Abeera11437]

Uffff

[@elsonthomas673]

This looks absolutely amazing 🤩

[@yuzimzarem2129]

Da gusto ver estos videos de gran calidad, de clase y elegancia...muchas gracias!!!