A Symphonie Of A Cake

I only have one cake to share with you today even though we made two because the second cake needs a final glazing before it's camera ready! Stay tuned for that but until then enjoy the beauty that is the Symphonie cake:


Don't judge the name, the Symphonie is really tasty even though its name sounds a little bit like a bad eighties band. To make the Symphonie we soaked our hazelnut cake from Friday with a cognac syrup, spread the cake with a rich, whipped ganache, spread it with a praline buttercream (a fingerlickin' good praline buttercream by the way), placed a layer of the almond cake we made on Friday on the buttercream, soaked it in cognac syrup, spread the whipped ganache on it, spread the praline buttercream on it, placed a layer of hazelnut cake on top, soaked it with cognac syrup, spread it with praline buttercream and, finally, glazed the Symphonie with ganache. Whew. Man alive. A lot of work but a really good Symphonie at the end of the day.