Miroir Myrtille

In class I made this beautiful cake--Miroir Myrtille. The cake consists of two layers of genoise, blueberry bavarian cream, and a blueberry nappage to top it off. You may be asking yourself "what does that even mean?" Let me break it down for you. Genoise is an Italian sponge cake that is moistened with flavored syrup. Bavarian cream is a mixture of cream whipped to a soft peak, sweetner, flavoring (in this case it is blueberry puree), and gelatin to give it a little more body. The top layer is a nappage made of blueberry puree, currant jelly, and gelatin. All of these components sums up to one incredible cake!