The August 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers' cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
I have to admit, my first reaction this month was, 'a what?!'. As I found out, a Dobos Torte (named after its creator, Jozsef Dobos) is a cake made up of multiple thin layers of sponge filled with a chocolate buttercream, with a top layer of thin, caramel-coated sponge. For further information, Wikipedia has an entry.
I have to admit, my first reaction this month was, 'a what?!'. As I found out, a Dobos Torte (named after its creator, Jozsef Dobos) is a cake made up of multiple thin layers of sponge filled with a chocolate buttercream, with a top layer of thin, caramel-coated sponge. For further information, Wikipedia has an entry.
Once again this month I found myself with not as much time as I would have like to devote to this intriguing DB challenge, and I apologise for having to cheat with the caramel layer (it ended up being fan-shaped wafer biscuits coated in caramel as i ran out of sponge mixture after the five cake layers). Given a little more time and effort I think I could probably have got it looking much neater and hopefully done a slightly better job of the top, but it still tasted ok ;) .
Many thanks to Angela and Lorraine for another great challenge, and for introducing me to an entirely new type of cake. See you all next month!
Many thanks to Angela and Lorraine for another great challenge, and for introducing me to an entirely new type of cake. See you all next month!
