Daring Bakers - April Challenge: The Failed Opera Cake

This is what happens when you are sent to work across the country for nearly a month, then come home and realise that a daring bakers challenge is due.

Now opera cake, something that has always intrigued me, but I have never really personally bothered with. Somehow, it just seemed like an really arrogant cake- yes, if a cake could display emotion, this opera cake would be full of it, to the point where you want to knock it down a notch, but you don't because you realise that this cake has every right to be full of itself.

As a part of the challenge, the aim was to make a 'light' opera cake- traditionally they are made of yummy stuff like chocolate. I ended up using the flavours of ground almond, orange and white chocolate in mine.

Sadly, I did not give this cake the time it deserved- it still tastes nice, but it is not up to my usual standards. Oh well, I had a lot of fun juggling around all of the components!