Feed Me

I’ve had quite a few people email to tell me that their RSS feeds haven’t been working since the changeover to the new format. All I can say is: I’m not surprised. My old software configuration was so old and buggy it was practically held together by wads of bubble gum and bits of tissue […]

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That Hurt

Well, I’m better now, but talk about feeling like a wrung-out dish rag, I’m still feeling a little unsteady on my feet. I’m going to try to get the Dobos torte finished today, but try not to hold it against me if a nap takes precedence. This is the second year in a row I’ve […]

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Flu

…and all that it entails will probably prevent me from blogging today. It will certainly keep me from completing the Dobos torte…I can’t bear to even look at food…

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Making Dobos Torte I: Layers

There’s a fussiness to Dobos torte layers that’s annoying to some, a delight to others. If you’re the type that enjoys a couple of hours alone in the kitchen, carefully applying batter to sheets of foil and baking and trimming each one to perfection, this job is for you. If not, well, may I suggest a nice pie this weekend?

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Travelin’ Torte

Something few people realize about Dobos torte is that its debut didn’t just mark a milestone in the pastry arts, but a milestone in the product packaging arts as well. For Dobos was a canny fellow. He realized very early on, perhaps as earlier as the formulation stages of this cake, that there was money […]

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Cake Crust & Crumb

A good Dobos Torte question came in via email a few minutes ago from reader Nora, asking why I can’t just skip all the repetitive baking and simply slice two normal cake layers horizontally into, say, three pieces each. This of course is how a great many multi-layer cakes are made. The answer is simply […]

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On Doberge Cake

You can’t talk about Dobos torte without digressing for at least a short while to Doberge cake. Pronounced Doh-BARE-zh cake, it’s a specialty of New Orleans, and is thought by many to be an Americanized version of Dobos torte. In fact I recall once seeing Emeril Lagasse talk about it on TV. His claim was […]

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Dobos Torte Recipe

Of all the recipes I’ve found for Dobos Torte (and there are a lot of them out there), this one from Maida Heatter is the one that strikes me as the best blend of original intent and modern taste. For more rationale on that, see this week’s posts. For now suffice to say I think […]

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