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Doberge cake en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdoʊbæʒ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdoʊbɑʃ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdoʊbæʃ/ (General-American)

Etymology

The cake and its name are Frenchifications by New Orleans baker Beulah Levy Ledner of the Dobos torte, named for its creator, Hungarian József Dobos.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A dessert made of alternate layers of cake and pudding, often half chocolate and half lemon, and covered with a fondant shell or poured glaze.
    • Lord, my Aunt Elva was evil and I wished her dead! But I smiled sweetly instead and offered her another piece of Doberge cake. 2016, Belinda Alexandra, “Ruby”, in Southern Ruby, Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 28:

Forms

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doberge cake alternative lexicographic
Doberge cakes Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

Dobos torte

Synonyms

doberge