You can watch me make the cake and wield a flamethrower in my instagram video. You can use a regular kitchen torch to get the job done too. I got ahold of one of Elon Musk’s Boring Company Flamethrowers and had a blast (see what I did there) torching the top of the cake. How does bacon taste How does orange juice taste How does coffee taste How does vinegar taste The tongue in your mouth tastes four major things: sweet, sour, salt and bitter. In my book, Zoë Bakes Cakes, there are many buttercream flavors to choose from and you can create your own Diva flavors (just be sure to share with me on Instagram so I can see what you’ve created). Those fresh berries turned out to be a brilliant layer of protection from the flamethrower I used to toast the meringue. Answer (1 of 14): Describing how something tastes is usually very difficult. Instead of coffee-soaked Joconde (almond sponge cake) and coffee buttercream, this one uses blackberry preserves to flavor the buttercream and then has a layer of fresh berries separating the cake from the spiky meringue. It has way more layers than a traditional opera torte, which is not a bad thing at all. This cake has become one of my signature moves on Instagram (cake, meringue, blow torch-need I say more?!). In the end I created this Blackberry Opera Torte (which I have named the Diva Cake) and I’m not sure I’ll ever go back. I set out to bake a traditional Opera Torte, but I ended up getting distracted and took off in an entirely different flavor direction.
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