In 1932, 4711 didn’t just offer their classic cologne, but also the perfume 4711 Tosca (as well as 4711 Rheingold, if you were more of a Wagner-person). During the 30s, the horse Tosca seems to have done well at the races. It wasn’t just cakes that borrowed their names from the opera. Even though I cannot exactly connect the cake to the opera - or by all means to the play which Sarah Bernard enjoyed great success with - it is not a far-off conclusion. Information about performances abroad, short notices on La Scala news, and reviews of various singers’ ability to embody Floria Tosca - you’ll find it all.Īlready in 1934, the ads in Svenska Dagbladet starts to offer toscatårta, and in 1947, toscakaka appears among the recipes. The opera had its Swedish premiere at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm in 1904.ĭuring the entire beginning of the 20th century, there are heaps of references to both Tosca and La Tosca in Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. It was based on the French play La Tosca from 1887. It is natural that we focus our attention on Puccini’s opera Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900. You can watch me make the cake and wield a flamethrower in my instagram video.Why is it called Toscakaka - Tosca cake? About the cake’s origins 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. 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. 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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