The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful
of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos
Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite
Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
There are many birthdays in our families over the summer, and I decided to make this torte for my Mother and brother in law’s birthday, which happens to be the same day. I don’t have any photos yet of the cake sliced because the party is tonight, and I thought they might notice a slice missing 
. I will add some this weekend. I tried especially hard to get reasonably even layers of cake and frosting. Hopefully, it worked out. I can say that I really liked the buttercream frosting. It was a softer buttercream than I am used to but it was really smooth and creamy. I thought there was just enough chocolate. I know that my mother in law isn’t crazy about caramel so I opted not do the traditional top layer. Instead, I played around with some sugar creations until I made one I liked for the top.
Thanks to Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella and Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar for hosting this month! I was so happy it was a cake! You can check out the other Daring Bakers’ Dobos Tortes here.
ETA: Here is a photo of the caked sliced. The cake went over really well at the party. The layers weren’t perfectly even, but I was pretty happy with the result when it was sliced. Have I mentioned I loved this frosting?
