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Chocolate Opera Cake
October 15, 2005 16:30
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RECIPE INGREDIENTS
Devils Food Cake 450g. sugar 250g. All purpose flour 100g. Cocoa 1 tablespoon. Baking Soda 1 1/2 teaspoon. Baking Powder 1 1/2 teaspoon. salt Sifted into a bowl
100g. Butter melted 4eggs+4yolks 1 1/2 cups Buttermilk 1 1/2 cups Coffee 1 tablespoon Vanilla Paste Whisked together in a separate bowl Add the wet to the dry and whisk Bake: 900g per sheet 350 degrees F 5min turn, then 5 more min.
Chocolate Mousse (750g) 100g. Eggs 100g. Sugar 300g. 64% dark chocolate melted (See my recommendation) 400g. whipped Cream
Whisk eggs in electric mixer
Add 50g water to sugar, cook on stovetop at 220 degrees F
Cooked sugar is added to whisked eggs. Whisk until cool
64% chocolate is melted, add to egg/sugar mixture, combine well then fold in whipped cream. Spread this on top of the devils food cake
Jaconde (1sheet 325 5min+5min) 650g. each 150g. Peanuts 150g. Powdered Sugar 125g. Eggs 80g. Yolks 50g. Peanut Butter 120g. Cake Flour 4g. Salt
200g. Egg Whites 100g. Sugar
Grind Peanuts and powdered sugar. Put into mixing bowl with remaining ingredients. Combine well.
For egg whites & sugar, make common meringue and fold into peanut mixture. Bake on one sheet at 325 degrees for 10 minutes.
Peanut Butter Mousse 325g. Eggs 175g. Icing sugar 4g. salt 3 sheets gelatin+ 50g. cream 700g. Peanut Butter
500g. whipped Cream
Combine eggs & powdered sugar and whisk until tripled in volume. Add the 3 sheets of gelatin that is bloomed and melted. Add the peanut butter and salt until well combined.
Fold in whipped cream.
Peanut butter mouse is split into two equal portions. Spread one layer on top of the jaconde and the other on top of the second layer of Devils Food Cake. The layers should appear in the following order:
Devils Food Cake Chocolate Mousse Jaconde Peanut Butter Mousse Devils food cake Peanut Butter Mousse Chocolate Glaze
Chocolate Glaze 150g. Clear Glaze 88g. Cream 88g. water 44g. cocoa
Simmer in a pot. Add 100g 64% chocolate, mix until melted. Strain and glaze the cake.
Espresso Sauce 1ltr. Cream 1cup milk 12 yolks 80g. Sugar 2 tablespoons Espresso Powder 4 Sheets Gelatin Make standard creme anglaise, add the bloomed gelatin, strain and chill.
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