Hungary · dessert · English edition
Dobos torte
Five thin sponge layers with chocolate buttercream under a caramel lid.
12 servings · 135 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 12 servings.
- 6 piece Eggs
- 150 g Sugar
- 150 g Flour
- 250 g Butter
- 200 g Dark chocolate
- 150 g Icing sugar
- 2 piece Eggs for the cream
- 200 g Sugar for the caramel
- 1 piece Lemon
- 100 g Hazelnuts
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 pinch Salt
Method
- Whisk the eggs and sugar over a water bath until warm, then beat them eight minutes to a thick foam.
- Fold in the sifted flour with a spatula in three additions, trying not to knock the air out.
- Draw six circles on parchment and spread a thin layer of batter on each.
- Bake the layers at 200 °C for six minutes each, to golden edges, and lift them off the parchment at once.
- Whisk the eggs with the icing sugar over a water bath until thick, cool it and work in the softened butter and melted chocolate.
- Melt the caramel sugar with lemon juice to amber and pour it over the flattest layer.
- Cut the caramel layer into twelve wedges with a hot oiled knife, assemble the cake and set the wedges on top.
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