Opera Cake

Hiii.. Hii again guys... It seems a donkey's year that I didn't post my baking diaries..LoL, although it just a week. hahahaha

I was very busy last few day because we were (my mother's families side and I) celebrating our grandpa's birthday party. Do you know my grandpa is turning 84th.. WoW, it is very rarely receltly right to reach the age. We are very greatful that he still healthy, not to much illness or serious disease, and stay happy together with my grandma. What a wonderful life!!!

Then, for my grandpa birthday I planned to make opera cake a week before the day came. I chose the cake because it is a good combination between cake, coffee cream, and chocolate. I think it is a delicated cake and thank God everyboday said it was very delicious. I was happy that all my family liked it. 

I made two decoration for this opera cake... huhhh ugly decoration. It tells me that I must practice to decorate cake much more than before. I had already look for a lot of decoration idea, but I don't know when I tried to decorate the cake as I planned, it didn't turn well. For the letter I wrote in the Chinese letter which means Happy Birthday Grandpa. 

I love opera very much. The cake is very fluffy, very soft, the coffee buttercream also turns well, and the chocolate ganache just make everything perfect. This is insanely yummy cake.. Hahah.. One slice is necer enough, but the calorie really killed me.. Haha. But it's ok, it was weekend, I was cheating one day just for my grandpa b'day. huhuhuhu

I made 8 layers, 4 basic layer cakes, 2 layer of coffee buttercream, and 2 layers for ganache. 

For this second decoration, I made it even more simple with chocolate crush and I spread it on top. After that I put white chocolate bar that I had written Happy B'day (in chinese). Sorry, I just forgot to that the white chocolate bar. 

Ok, decoration maybe 3 of ten, but it's ok. The most important thing always the taste. Tasteful, delicated, yummy, delighted, and soft, fluffy, and chocolaty, indeed. 

I was happy the cake was tasteful, because I made it half day, from 11am to 5pm,, hoaammm. What a long journey. LoL.

This is my grandpa whose birthday was on last 8 June, 2014. Happy B'day Grandpa, we love you^^

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