Dobos Torta (Hungary)
Submitted by: Twin2
Last Updated: 3/5/2003
Cake
3/4 cup sugar
12 eggs separated
7 Tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Beat sugar and egg yolks well; add flour. Mix; add baking powder. Beat egg whites very stiff; fold slowly into egg yolk mixture. Pour a thin layer of batter into 6 well-greased 8 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.
Icing
• 1/2 lb. butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon brewed coffee
• 1 square chocolate or 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 lb. powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Combine all ingredients well. Frost between layers and top of torte. Yield 10 servings.
Tips
While good the first day, we find this cake to be even more delicious the second day. Or assembled very early in the morning and left to rest until dinner time.