The Best Opera Wedding Cake 2023. Fold in almond meal, icing sugar and flour, then fold in butter and coffee. 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.

Invert onto cooling racks and peel off parchment paper; Just like their miniature sibling, petit fours, while it may look impressive, it’s actually quite easy to make. Hailing from france, an opera cake is made up of an almond sponge cake with layers of chocolate ganache and rich coffee buttercream.