Dobos cake

Be sure to prepare this classic Hungarian pastry, also known as "Dobos Torte" is made from soft vanilla biscuits with a chocolate bitumen and a spectacular presentation of caramel. You can't let it go!
Ingredients
12
Servings
  • 9 egg whites
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1/4 cups cow's milk
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 1/3 cups butter, for the filling (at room temperature)
  • 1 1/3 cups icing sugar, sifted
  • 120 grams chocolate, for the bitumen
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence, for the bitumen
  • 1 cup brown sugar, for the bitumen
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice, for the bitumen
Preparation
1h
20 mins
Low
  • Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
  • Beat the egg whites with the sugar until firm peaks form. Reservation.
  • Beat the yolks, until they change color, gradually add the milk, lemon zest, salt, flour and vanilla essence.
  • Add the whites to the previous preparation and mix in an enveloping manner.
  • Divide the mixture into four baking sheets with wax paper and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool, with the help of a cutter cut discs of 15 cm in diameter. Reservation.
  • For the bitumen, beat the butter with the glass sugar, add the bitter chocolate and the vanilla essence.
  • On a rotating base place a cake disk, with the help of a spatula add a little filling without reaching the edge, place another cake disk until it has several floors. Reserve one of the cake disks.
  • With the rest of the bitumen, cover the cake completely and refrigerate.
  • For caramel, heat a T-fal® Hard Titanium + Skillet over medium heat and when the red dot (Thermo-spot) is completely red, add the sugar and orange juice. Cook until it forms a candy, without moving too much.
  • Cut the cake disc that you reserved in triangles and cover with the caramel, let dry and decorate the cake with the sponge cake and caramel triangles.

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