Nell brought one of New Orleans' famous Doberge Cakes (pronounced Dobage, since it is from New Orleans, you know) to the reunion. She brought it in its own Styrofoam cooler, and said she wasn’t taking it home. Her kids said she was, and they made sure it was repacked and headed for the coast. I regret I only got a slice of the chocolate half. I missed the lemon side all together.
What’s a doberge cake, in addition to being magic?
Gambino’s says it’s “Adapted from a 17th century creation, these scrumptious cakes are crafted of six delicate layers of old-fashioned butter cake, each baked individually, filled with a special recipe of creamy, rich, cooked custard and finished with a homemade icing.”
What’s a doberge cake, in addition to being magic?
Gambino’s says it’s “Adapted from a 17th century creation, these scrumptious cakes are crafted of six delicate layers of old-fashioned butter cake, each baked individually, filled with a special recipe of creamy, rich, cooked custard and finished with a homemade icing.”
According to Wikipedia:
The famous cake made of thin layers of cake alternating with pudding and covered with a butter cream and a layer of fondant originated in the New Orleans area when Beulah Ledner opened a bakery in 1933. The doberge cake was adapted from the Hungarian/Austrian Dobos Cake. Beulah Ledner's recipe is available in the cookbook, Let's bake with Beulah Ledner: A legendary New Orleans Lady by Maxine Wolchansky. In 1946 Joe Gambino bought the name, recipe and retail shop, including her recipe for doberge cake. After a couple of years of illness, she reopened in a new location on Metairie Road under the name "Beulah Ledner, Inc." As her business and popularity grew, her son, Albert, designed and built a new building and a new machine to mass produce sheet cakes using his mother's recipes. She opened her new bakery on May 21, 1970; she ran it until the age of 87 when she sold the shop and doberge recipe to Maurice's Bakery, which is still in the business of baking and selling Doberge cakes in Meterie, Louisiana.
Aunt Nell, where did you get your doberge cake?
2 comments:
I've heard tell of these cakes - actually had a friend who baked one once - but I've never had one. Which I think is a fine excuse to visit New Orleans.
I think my grandma got it @ gambinos. We have this cake whenever we celebrate a birthday together! Some people try to make it up here but they are not as good!
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