The Opera Cake, made with layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, originated in which country?
Merveilleux (cake) Merveilleux (cake) The merveilleux (marvelous) is a small cake that originated in Belgium and is now found in France and some U.S. cities. It consists of a sandwich of two light meringues welded with whipped cream which has been covered with whipped cream and dusted with chocolate shavings. A candied cherry sometimes decorates the cake. The confectioner and chocolatier Pierre Marcolini developed his own version, as did the French confectioner Frédéric Vaucamps, and Etty Benhamou of Le Mervetty. Vaucamp named each of his variations using comparable adjectives– "Impensable" or "unthinkable" for coffee, "Excentrique" or "eccentric" for cherry, and "Magnifique" or
Opera cake the honour of inventing the dessert in 1960, though an advertisement in "Le Gaulois" in 1899 offers a """". Opera cake Opera cake () is a French cake. It is made with layers of almond sponge cake (known as "" in French) soaked in coffee syrup, layered with ganache and coffee (or ) buttercream, and covered in a chocolate glaze. According to ', " is an elaborate almond sponge cake with a coffee and chocolate filling and icing." The cake was popularized by the French house , but its origin is unclear. One creator-claimant, at in 1955 is , grandfather