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Dobos torte
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English
thumb|A slice of Dobos torte from Café Gerbeaud
Etymology
Named after its inventor, Hungarian confectioner József C. Dobos.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdoʊˌboʊʃ/ + en torte
spelling pronunciation en /ˈdoʊˌboʊs/ + en torte
Noun
~ + Dobos torten
A Hungarian sponge cake layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with caramel.
en 24 April 1973 Beth Tartan a reader Speaking of Food: A Reader Sets the Food Columnist Straight w:Winston-Salem Journal 77th year 19 Winston-Salem, N.C. 17 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/937001525/ 1 12156422 I would like to state some facts about Dobos torten (never Dobosch, as the s is pronounced sh in Hungarian) and Sacher torten (by the way, the plural for torte is torten, not tortes as you state.) A Dobos Torte should always have nine layers, although most American cookbooks encourage six, probably due to the fact that it is a nuisance and very time consuming to bake nine very thin layers.
en 1979 w:Kati Rekai 10 The Adventures of Mickey, Taggy, Puppo and Cica, and How They Discover Budapest Toronto, Ont. Canadian Stage and Arts Publications 120 https://archive.org/details/adventuresofmick0000reka/page/120/mode/1up 0-919952-08-9 Finally Mickey took pictures of Cica, Taggy, Puppo and Lurko eating Dobos torte (six thin layers of cake filled with chocolate cream topped with a caramel crust), on the terrace of the Intercontinental Hotel.
Related terms
Doberge cake
Translations
Hungarian sponge cake
Bulgarian: bg до́буш m
Hungarian: hu dobostorta
Polish: pl tort Dobosa m-in
See also
en Esterházy torte
en eponyms
en Cakes and pastries