The Original Tigresse by Gateau Festa Harada - fancy financier with chocolate ganache

This is yet another amazing product by Gateau Festa Harada. I previously posted on their rusk products and their leaf pie.
A very tigressy packaging.
And the cake itself looked very tigressy indeed... with its chocolate-feckled and orangey-brown appearance.

 It's basically a very moist and chocolatey cake. The surface of the chocolate was actually picture-perfect smooth when we bought it. Pardon the blotch... it was a casualty of transit as this was flown in from Osaka.
There's a well of rich chocolate in the middle of the chocolate-feckled cake.
Among the list of premium ingredients are: fresh cream, liquor (type not stated), almond poudre (or almond powder), and butter.

As mentioned, the cake was very moist and smooth, with a very fragrant and buttery flavour. The chocolate was also very rich and smooth. You can also feel the distinct warm of the liquor as it slides down your throat.

It was also baked until there was a mild crust along the rim of the cake, seen in the slightly browned parts in the image. The secret? It's in the almond powder, the type used in financiers, which actually makes this a type of fancy financier.

 Definitely worthy of the title "Tigresse" indeed... a fierce cake that is a "King" in its own right!

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