Cake Opera de Paris for 8 PersThere are many stories about the origins of this cake, known as both Clichy cake and Opra cake. Many believe that Louis Clichy was its creator because he premiered the gteau, with his name written across the top, at the 1903 Exposition Culinaire in Paris. It became the signature cake of Clichy's shop on the Boulevard Beaumarchais. However, another pastry shop, Dalloyau, sold a very similar dessert, known as L'Opra (in honor of the Paris Opera), and