World Flavors Cookbook

Dobos Torte

Name: Dobos Torte
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Hungary
Ingredients: Sponge: 6 eggs, 120g sugar, 120g flour. Buttercream: 250g butter, 200g chocolate, 3 eggs. Topping: 150g sugar (for caramel).

A world-famous five-layer sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream and topped with hard caramel wedges.

Cuisine: Hungary

Ingredients

Sponge: 6 eggs, 120g sugar, 120g flour. Buttercream: 250g butter, 200g chocolate, 3 eggs. Topping: 150g sugar (for caramel).

Instructions

1. Bake 5 or 6 thin sponge layers separately. 2. Prepare chocolate buttercream. 3. Stack layers with cream in between. 4. Coat the sides with cream. 5. Make a hard caramel and pour over the final layer. 6. Cut the caramel layer into wedges while still warm and arrange on top of the cake.