doberge

plural doberges

1. countableuncountableA Doberge cake.

   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

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   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

   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