Become a Great Baker #3: Opera Cake Quartet 84.99 €

1) Introduction

In this lecture Irit presents an overview of everything this course covers, and broadly explains all of the recipes and skills you'll learn.

2) Almond Sponge Cake - Introduction

In this lesson you are going to learn what Joconde is, what it is mostly used for, and how to make a traditional French almond sponge cake, which serves as the base for the Opera Cake.

3) Making Almond Sponge Cake

In this lesson you are going to learn what Joconde is, what it is mostly used for, and how to make a traditional French almond sponge cake, which serves as the base for the Opera Cake.

4) Flavored Buttercream - Introduction

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to make French buttercream, which is a delicious and very versatile filling. It's a tasty and rich filling that can be used for many purposes. You'll als ...

5) Making Flavored Buttercream

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to make French buttercream, which is a delicious and very versatile filling. It's a tasty and rich filling that can be used for many purposes. You'll als ...

6) Dark Chocolate Ganache - Introduction

In this lesson you’ll learn how to make a traditional basic dark chocolate ganache, which is a great filling used in many pastry projects. It is an easy and quick recipe that you definitely want to ...

7) Making Dark Chocolate Ganache

8) Light Chocolate Ganache - Introduction

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to make light-colored chocolate ganache, that's made of milk and white chocolate. It's a great filling used in many pastry projects. We’ll use this gan ...

9) Making Light Chocolate Ganache

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to make light-colored chocolate ganache, that's made of milk and white chocolate. It's a great filling used in many pastry projects. We’ll use this gan ...

10) Making Simple Syrup

In this lesson you’ll make Simple Syrup, a quick and easy recipe, which is mostly used to moisten the layers of cakes.

11) Assembling the Opera Cake - Introduction

The Opera Cake is made of no less than 9 layers! In this lesson you’ll learn how to assemble the Opera Cake: how to build it layer by layer inside a cake ring, using all of the elements we made earl ...

12) Assembling the Opera Cake - Demonstration

The Opera Cake is made of no less than 9 layers! In this lesson you’ll learn how to assemble the Opera Cake: how to build it layer by layer inside a cake ring, using all of the elements we made earl ...

13) Finishing the Cake's top - Introduction

In this lesson Irit provides an overview of the process of covering the top of the Opera Cake using different kinds of glaze.

14) Finishing the Cake's Top – Flower Design - Demonstration

In this lesson you’ll learn how to create the final layer of the cake using stunning dark chocolate glaze, which gives the cake a fancy classic look.

15) Finishing the Cake Top – Bi-Color Design - Demonstration

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to create a unique and modern top for the Opera cake, using 2 different types of ganache and clear glaze.

16) Chocolate Plaques - Introduction

Chocolate plaques are great decorations for many cake and pastry projects. In the next 2 lessons we’ll learn how to create dark chocolate plaques with and without patterns. We'll use these plaq ...

17) Making Chocolate Plaques with Coffee Beans Pattern - Demonstration

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to create dark chocolate plaques that are decorated with coffee bean patterns. These plaques will be used to decorate the sides of the cake and give it a modern tw ...

18) Making Dark Chocolate Plaques - Demonstration

In this lesson you’ll learn how to create dark chocolate plaques. These plaques will be used to decorate the sides of the cake and give it a modern twist, and can also be used for many other decorat ...

19) Decorating the Opera Cakes - Introduction

In the next few lessons we are going to explore how to unmold and decorate the cakes to give to give them their final look. We are going to explore several techniques and designs, each of which is bea ...

20) Creating the 1st Fancy Flower Design - Demonstration

In this lesson you'll learn several ways to decorate Opera Cakes, using fresh and colorful fruits. Irit demonstrates how to design a unique festive look by creating a beautiful flower on top of t ...

21) Creating the 2nd Fancy Flower Design - Demonstration

In this lesson you'll learn several ways to decorate Opera Cakes, using fresh and colorful fruits. Irit demonstrates how to design a unique festive look by creating a beautiful flower on top of t ...

22) Creating Individual Opera Desserts - Demonstration

In this lesson we’ll explore techniques to create individual Opera Cakes that can be served as plated desserts.

23) Creating the 1st Bi-Color Design - Demonstration

In this lesson we’ll explore several interesting techniques to decorate the Opera Cake and transform it into a beautiful creation of edible art.

24) Creating the 2nd Bi-Color Design - Demonstration

In this lesson we’ll explore several interesting techniques to decorate the Opera Cake and transform it into a beautiful creation of edible art.

25) Introduction to Chocolate Tempering

In some people’s mind tempering is only done by professional pastry chefs, however you're about to discover that you can easily temper chocolate at home, even if you don’t have much experienc ...

26) Manual Chocolate Tempering

In this lesson you’ll learn a great technique for tempering chocolate manually, which Irit perfected over years of experience working with chocolate. You’ll discover how simple it is to temper c ...

27) Using Tempering Machines

Our discussion of tempering wouldn’t be complete without covering the subject of using a machine to temper chocolate. Using a machine has many advantages over manual tempering. In this lesson irit c ...

28) Course Summary

A brief summary of everything you learned in this course.

29) Downloadable Recipe Books and Course Materials

In this lesson you'll find all recipe books that are used throughout the Opera Cake Quartet course, as well as other downloadable documents that you'll need. All course materials are deliver ...

30) Bonus Coupons