What could I substitute for coffee in an Opéra cake
I would like to bake an Opéra cake for someone who doesn't really appreciate the taste of coffee. Since coffee and chocolate are the two main elements, I am wondering: what flavour could I substitute for coffee in my coffee buttercream? I suppose the qualities I'm looking for are a bit of bitterness, and it should go well with chocolate and orange liquor?
PS: I just noticed that the English wikipedia describes the sponge cake as “soaked with coffee”, but in the way I usually do it it's soaked with Cointreau so I don't need any replacement there.
Best Answer
Some sort of nutty flavor perhaps? Hazelnut syrup? I think it should go well with both chocolate and orange. Otherwise I think the cake will be quite delicious even without a substitute, just using plain buttercream.
EDIT: I just noticed that the cake has an almond base. Perhaps a few drops of Amaretto in the buttercream would work. That would play nicely with the almond flavor already there.
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Coffee simply enhances the flavor of chocolate. In this cake, it deepens that rich, chocolatey flavor. If you are really opposed to using coffee, you can swap it out for water. You can also use espresso powder \u2013 use a teaspoon of espresso powder along with 1 cup of water in place of the 1 cup of coffee.Can I substitute milk for coffee in cake?
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I would suggest that either you want to "substitute the coffee" or "keep the original balance" because anything that does the first will not accomplish the latter.
That said, a flavor source that would work well would be Irish Creme.
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