2010-03-17

Day 12- Opera Torte and Petit Four Glace

Biscuit Viennois
Powdered Sugar 4oz
Almond Flour 4oz
Yolks 2oz
Eggs 3.25oz
Whites 7oz
Sugar.75oz
Cake Flour 1.5oz
Pastry Flour 1.5oz
in the mixer with a paddle combine yolks, eggs Powdered sugar and almond flour until light a fluffy
make a common meringue
fold in with other mixture
sift together cake and pastry flour
fold everything together
spread on a sheet pan
bake 300 for 10 min

Opera Cake
Pate glacer the bottom
layer, cake
Coffee simple syrup
Coffee buttercream
Cake
coffer simple syrup
Gananche
etc
top with a nice chocolate glaze
Use a hot clean knife to cut the cake- so you get nice clean edges
Ganish with chocolate coffe bean and butter cream


Petit Four Glace
Layer cake
simple syrup
jam
butter cream
cake
etc
crumb coat and cut into pieces
dip in fondant