Baking and Pastry Entremets French Pâtisserie

Chocolate, Coffee, and Passionfruit Entremet

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet

Last week I created a beautiful passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet cake with a handmade tempered chocolate rose.

An entremet is a layered cake dessert containing various contrasting components. The best thing about an entremet? Lots of flavors and textures in one single bite!

During pastry school we prepared several entremets. I especially enjoyed making a pistachio and redcurrant entremet in Intermediate Pâtisserie. And for our final exam in Superior Pâtisserie, we created our own entremet recipes from scratch.

My most recent entremet cake consisted of the following components:

  • Chocolate Brittany shortbread base
  • Coffee and passionfruit mousse
  • Coffee-cocoa sponge cake
  • White (pink!) chocolate mirror glaçage
  • Italian macaron shells
  • Tempered chocolate rose brushed with gold lustre dust
  • Flakes of edible gold leaf

I’m often asked about the process of creating an entremet cake, and how all of the layers come together to create such a unique and delicious dessert. So, I’ve documented the process step-by-step. This includes the making of the Italian macaron shells, as well as the tempered chocolate rose adorning the top of the entremet cake.

Read on to see the entremet cake come together:

Building the entremet

A wire rack with two chocolate cakes, sitting next to metal discs and a palette knife on a marble countertop
Creating the components
Entremet base on a wire rack
Chocolate shortbread base
Frozen entremet on a sheet of parchment
Frozen entremet
Frozen entremet sitting on a wire rack
The cake has been frozen solid to allow for easy glazing
Frozen entremet sitting on a wire rack
The frozen entremet placed on chocolate shortbread base
A thermometer in a glass jug, taking the temperature of entremet glaze
White chocolate glaze, ready to apply
Entremet cake glazed in pink, sitting on a wire rack
Mirror glaçage (note the reflection!)
Pink macaron shells piped on a sheet of parchment
Italian macaron shells for decoration
Macaron shells after baking, on a sheet of parchment
Macaron shells, after baking
Glazing the entremet on a wire rack
Applying macarons to the glazed cake
Pink glazed entremet on a marble countertop, with macarons around the edges
The macarons adhere easily to the glaze
Looking down at a freshly glazed entremet surrounded by macaron shells
Ready to decorate!

Making the Tempered Chocolate Rose

Tempering chocolate in a metal bowl, with spatula and thermometer nearby
Melted dark chocolate
Chocolate feathers on a sheet of parchment
Making the individual petals
Tempered chocolate petals on sheets of parchment
Petals placed in a baguette tray to set
Tempered chocolate petals arranged on a sheet of parchment
Individual petals, ready to use
Chocolate petals on parchment strips
Chocolate petals
Chocolate flower
Building the rose
Chocolate flower on a sheet of white parchment
The chocolate rose. Each petal is added individual and secured with tempered chocolate.
Chocolate flower comprised of individual tempered chocolate petals
A closeup of the rose
Chocolate flower sitting on a foil ring
Chocolate flower, ready to decorate
Tempered chocolate rose with gold dust being applied with a brush
Applying gold lustre dust with a paintbrush
Tempered chocolate rose next to a sheet of gold leaf and a small knife
Adding flakes of gold leaf
Chocolate rose adorned with gold dust and gold leaf
Done!
Hand holding a chocolate rose
A closeup shot of the rose

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet on a black slate

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet on a black slate board, adorned with macarons and gold chocolate rose

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet with gold chocolate rose on top

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet with chocolate rose and macarons

Closeup of gold tempered chocolate rose atop a passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet

Looking down at a pink passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet with gold rose on top

Macarons and chocolate rose adorning a pink passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet on a black slate plate

Passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet decorated with chocolate rose, macarons, and gold leaf

Looking down at passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet

Interested in my other entremet creations? Please visit this page to see my mango, white chocolate, and lemon entremet. Or, check out this page to see my dark chocolate, pear, and caramel autumn entremet cake.

You can also read about my experience developing an entremet recipe for my final Superior Pâtisserie examination at Le Cordon Bleu London!

Please feel free to follow along for more recipes and pastry tutorials. And if you’re inspired by this post (or make any of my recipes!) don’t forget to tag me @bastecutfold on Instagram. I always love to see what you’re making!

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