Known throughout the world, the rectangular cake is made of three layers of Joconde almond flavoured sponge soaked in coffee syrup and topped with coffee butter cream and chocolate ganache. It was a name that stuck, the Opera cake was born.

His wife told him it reminded her of the Paris Opera House, Palais Garnier. He worked on layers and tastes and came up with a wonderfully sophisticated cake. When inventing the Opera cake he wanted to make something that in taking one bite, would give a taste of the whole cake. It was the perfect match when Cyriaque, a genius with patisserie and an artist who created the most amazing cakes and sugar decorations, and Dalloyau got together. Dalloyau have been trading since 1682 and were suppliers to the court of Versailles.

The creation of the cake goes back to 1955 when great French pastry chef Cyriaque Gavillon worked at the legendary Dalloyau shop in Paris. There are many great French cakes but for connoisseurs, the cake known as Opera represents a taste of France at its most sophisticated and delicious.

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