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' ...

I admit I have a passion for cakes; sweets are my weakness. And the Hungarian specialty in the pastry arts spoil me with real delicacies. One of the classic pastry creations is the Dobos cake, or ...

From 1987's 'Let's Bake with Beulah Ledner' cookbook by Maxine Wolchansky, Ledner's daughter. The 'Doberge Queen of New Orleans' adapted the famous Hungarian dobos torta to the local climate and gave ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – While I’ve never been one to fixate on sweets, marzipan is a bit of an Achille’s heel. That sweet almond paste provides a maxim of comfort in any venue it’s chosen for. That’s why ...

We've had several requests for Seessel's dobosch torte and this week Rhonda Wray sent me an email saying that she believes the torte was based on the doberge cake from Joe Gambino's in Metairie, a ...

It’s labor intensive, taking two days for crews of volunteers to produce more than 100 cakes, but the Dobos Torte is one of the highlights of the Jewish Food Festival, the 44th edition of which is ...

Jennifer was baking dobos torte, so I stopped by. My job wasn’t to help or to coach. It was to egg on. “Why not bake two?” I urged, pulling out surplus pans. “Why not bake three?” We did. It took all ...