dobos torte
Last week, when it was ninety million degrees in New York City and all the sane people were cracking open fire hydrants, grilling on their roof decks and/or sticking their faces in their wheezing air conditioner units, I looked around my shoebox kitchen, with its half-counter and miniature oven, considered the sheer volume of items left on my to-do that I’d never get done and said, “Clearly, this is the day for me to make an 11-layer dobos torte.” Because my was two days away and that seemed as good as any to sever what frayed tethers I had left to my sanity. [Plus, I already had !]
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 7 large eggs, separated
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 pound (3 1/2 cups or 455 grams) confectioners’ sugar, plus extra for dusting racks
- 3/4 cup (94 grams or 3 1/3 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon table salt
- 1/2 pound (8 ounces or 227 grams) semi- or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks or 226 grams) unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- Handful of toasted, peeled hazelnuts