Mix flour and baking powder, set a side. In a mixing bowl weigh up all ingredients except soda and vinegar and whisk well. Combine soda and vinegar in separate bowl and put a side Add flour mixture into wet and incorporate gently, add soda and vinegar, continue mixing until smooth.…
Mix sugar, oil, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla Combine flour, cocoa powder. Mix in to the wet Combine soda with vinegar, add in to mix Divide in to 3 full size gastro trays Bake at 140 C for 45-50 min Cool down before pouring ganache, Sprinkle with chocolate shavings
Blitz crust ingredients Line in the tins/trays Bake at 180C for 20min Blitz dry dates until ball is formed Add coconut cream in stages line on the crust Top with the whipped and sweet coconut cream Garnish with the chocolate or cocoa powder
Mix coconut, flour, salt, syrup and oil until sticky dough Form tart cases in tins and bake 12-15min at 170C Cook filling to activate corn flour and pour in to cold tart cases Refrigerate Makes 100 portions
Syrup to make 1 large frame of opera cake. Bring to boil sugar and syrup Remove from the heat, add brandy and extract This recipe used to make Opera cake here
Makes 1 large frame Bring cream and butter to the boil. Cool down to 80c Pour over chocolate Blitz Use while runny This recipe used to make Opera cake here
Makes 1 large frame Make sabayon with yolks and sugar Add butter in three stages, Make sure sabayon still hot before adding butter This recipe used to make Opera cake here
Recipe for 1 large frame and makes 2 large sheets Whip up eggs almonds and icing sugar Fold in flour and melted butter Fold in meringue with salt Bake 180C for 10-12min This recipe used to make Opera cake here