I admit I have a passion for cakes; sweets are my weakness. And the Hungarian specialty in the pastry arts spoil me with real delicacies. One of the classic pastry creations is the Dobos cake, or ...

A pinkie’s width away, the caramel stratum atop the Dobos torte gleamed a transparent orange, contrasting with the dull sheen of its five layers of yellow-white sponge cake, each sandwiched ...

The 'Doberge Queen of New Orleans' adapted the famous Hungarian dobos torta to the local climate and gave it a French-sounding name, doberge. She retired in 1981 at the age of 87 and died at age 93.

Jennifer was baking dobos torte, so I stopped by. My job wasn’t to help or to coach. It was to egg on. “Why not bake two?” I urged, pulling out surplus pans. “Why not bake three?” We did.

It’s labor intensive, taking two days for crews of volunteers to produce more than 100 cakes, but the Dobos Torte is one of the highlights of the Jewish Food Festival, the 44th edition of which ...

Fixating on sweets has never been for me, but marzipan topped Dobos Torte from Cleveland’s Farkas Pastry Shoppe is something else. It's a spin on the dessert that's unique to Cleveland and one ...

Jennifer was baking dobos torte, so I stopped by. My job wasn't to help or to coach. It was to egg on. "Why not bake two?" I urged, pulling out surplus pans. "Why not bake three?" We did. It took ...

Hungarian Dobos torte with chocolate buttercream and caramel. Image: Judi Gallagher. The quality of the food no doubt comes from the passion of both the owner and chef.

The winner, on points, was the Dobos torte. But we all agreed that a rematch was in order. For something less formal and a bit more ethnic, we headed to the once-heavily Jewish neighborhood just ...