Gardenia Cake

Name: Gardenia Cake
Yield: Makes 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon orange zest; ¼ cup (3 ounces) strained apricot jam; 1 gardenia blossom, fresh or made of marzipan; 1 recipe Chocolate-Butter Glaze; ¼ cup amaretto liqueur; One 9-inch Almond Paste Génoise layer; ½ cup Soaking Syrup; ½ cup (6 ounces) strained apricot jam

Preparation info

Makes
10
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Simple Art of Perfect Baking

By Flo Braker

Published 1984

About

This simple, tailored dessert combines almond, apricot and chocolate. Almond Paste Génoise is soaked with amaretto-flavored syrup and glazed with apricot jam, then with chocolate butter glaze. The gardenia blossoms pristine whiteness contrasts dramatically with the gleaming chocolate glaze.

Ingredients

One 9-inch Almond Paste Génoise layer
½ cup Soaking Syrup

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Advance Preparations

Prepare Almond Paste Génoise.

Prepare Soaking Syrup.

Prepare Chocolate-Butter Glaze.

Combine Soaking Syrup and amaretto in a liquid measuring cup.

Place the ¼ strained apricot jam and the orange zest in a small saucepan over