Dobos torta
Dobos torta, from above
Non vegEggBudapest

Dobos torta

Six sponge layers, chocolate buttercream and a crackly caramel lid. Bring a sharp knife.

150 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
Budapest's caramel cake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySix layers, chocolate buttercream, caramel top.
The original
408kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
150minutessame

Dobos torta.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Egg6
Sugar150 g sponge, 80 g cream, 100 g caramel
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups
Butter1 cup plus 2 tbsp, soft
Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)150 g, melted
Cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder)1 tbsp
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp
Lemon juicea few drops

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Whisk 4 eggs with 150 g sugar until thick and pale, fold in flour. Spread six thin rounds on paper and bake each at 200 C.
  2. 2Whisk 2 eggs with 80 g sugar over steam until hot and thick, cool, then beat into soft butter with chocolate, cocoa and vanilla.
  3. 3Melt 100 g sugar to amber caramel with a drop of lemon, pour over one sponge layer and mark 12 wedges quickly with an oiled knife.
  4. 4Stack the other five layers with buttercream, cover sides and top, and set the caramel wedges on top.
Serve it like this

Slice along the caramel wedges and serve on a small plate with coffee.

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