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doberge en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) A Doberge cake.
Doberge is a favorite in New Orleans, a treat created by Beulah Ledner in the 1930s as a lighter version of Hungarian dobos torta, with pudding replacing buttercream filling. She Frenchified the name to doberge (say dough-bash), and[…]
2018 September 15, Beth D'Addono, 100 Things to Do in New Orleans Before You Die, Second Edition, Reedy Press LLC, →ISBN:The Gambino Bakery purchased the Ledner doberge recipe and still makes the cakes, as shown on this billboard. Photo by Carolyn Kolb.
2013, Carolyn Kolb, New Orleans Memories: One Writer's City, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 59:In a city that thrives on celebrations, New Orleans boasts its own birthday cake, the extravagant doberge cake. Doberge is a multilayered round sponge or butter cake filled with a kettle-cooked custard and[…]
2017, Dixie Poché, Louisiana Sweets: King Cakes, Bread Pudding and Sweet Dough Pie, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 46:
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